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Malbon, Scott – 1978
Screening refers here to the process of making an initial selection of those who need further diagnostic evaluations. A screening process which effectively selects true learning disability (LD) cases from a population reduces the number of incorrectly selected non-LD children who would be needlessly given costly psychoeducational evaluations.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cutting Scores, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Download full textPorter, Andrew C. – 1978
The educational accountability movement is changing the teacher's role in curriculum development from that of autonomous decision maker to agent of public school policy makers. To assess teacher reactions to factors influencing their autonomy, 75 teachers were exposed to pressures to change the content of fourth grade mathematics instruction in a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Curriculum
Botterbusch, Karl F. – 1978
This publication is designed to help vocational evaluators wisely select and use tests within the context of the referral questions and the individualized evaluation plan. The first of two parts contains information on why tests are used in evaluation, problems with tests, and how to select tests. Part 2 contains a review of specific tests that…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation, Occupational Tests, Psychological Testing
L'Abate, Luciano – 1966
This paper supports the hypothesis that picture vocabulary tests should not be used as interchangeable measures of intelligence for complex, lengthy intelligence tests (WISC and Stanford-Binet). In picture vocabulary tests assessing receptive functions (input), the child recognizes a word by pointing to or stating the number standing for an…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Persons, Handicapped Children, Input Output
Poole, Richard L. – 1975
This study surveyed 53 master's level students in two tests and measurement classes to determine if and in what fashion they had been victimized by testing and evaluation. The purpose of this activity was to acquire personal data which could be used to both dramatize and formulate criteria for the construction of classroom tests. A majority of…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Hernandez, Alberto; Melnick, Susan L.
This unit of work is designed to provide the participant with an overview of the purposes, methods, and techniques for testing English as a Second Language (ESL) and practical classroom applications. Given the series of learning alternatives on testing that are presented in this module, the participant should be able to: (a) demonstrate knowledge…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, English (Second Language), Learning Modules, Second Language Learning
Klein, Stephen P.; And Others – 1971
Symposium topics and speakers include "Choosing Needs for Needs Assessment" (Stephen P. Klein); "Selecting Tests to Assess the Needs" (Ralph Hoepfner); "Making Better Decisions on Assessed Needs: Differentiated School Norms" (Paul A. Bradley and Dale Woolley); and "Allocating Resources by Subject Area"…
Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
COX, RICHARD C.; VARGAS, JULIE S. – 1966
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT TWO METHODS OF ITEM ANALYSIS - NORM REFERENCED AND CRITERION REFERENCED - YIELD THE SAME RELATIVE EVALUATION OF TEST ITEMS. ITEMS WHICH DISCRIMINATED WELL BETWEEN STUDENTS SCORING HIGH AND LOW ON POST-TESTS WERE STUDIED TO SEE IF THEY ALSO DISCRIMINATED WELL BETWEEN PRETRAINING AND…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Discriminant Analysis, Individual Instruction, Item Analysis
Kosecoff, Jacqueline; Fink, Arlene – 1976
The feasibility of using criterion referenced tests (CRTs) in a large-scale evaluation conducted in an effectiveness evaluation context was investigated. The study began by examining the theory that structures the development and validation of CRTs to discover whether, on theoretical grounds alone, CRTs are suitable or not suitable for large-scale…
Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Feasibility Studies
Peer reviewedLaGrow, Steven J.; Prochnow-LaGrow, Jane E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1982
Evaluated 11 of the most popular tests used by school psychologists in Illinois as to their technical adequacy along three dimensions: norms, reliability, and validity. Results suggested that the most popular tests used by school psychologists are not typically technically adequate devices. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, School Psychologists, Special Education
Chen, HongYu; And Others – 1994
As part of an effort to develop strategies for measuring institutional effectiveness, a study was conducted at West Virginia University at Parkersburg (WVU-P), a two-year institution with an enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, to determine the most appropriate instrument for measuring gains in general education between incoming freshman (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Comparative Testing
Backlund, Philip M. – 1983
In response to the 1978 amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, many states have developed curriculum and assessment procedures for listening skills. A review of several states' listening objectives, however, indicates a lack of any universally accepted definition of listening. One model of communication that divides a person's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Norlander, Kay A.; And Others – 1987
This study describes the University of Connecticut's Program for Learning Disabled College Students psychoeducational evaluation process with its components for analysis of aptitude, information processing, and academic skill levels. The resulting report is used to assist students in planning a course of study and delineating support services…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Students, Counseling Services, Educational Diagnosis
Metropolitan Atlanta Consortium of Consultants and Lead Speech-Language Pathologists, GA. – 1990
This guide presents ratings of assessment instruments for use by speech-language pathologists with preschool students. Tests are reviewed in alphabetical order on forms filled out by practicing speech-language pathologists, including data on speech components covered by each test, age range, factors of norms where norms are used, reliability,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Examiners, Preschool Education, Preschool Tests
McLarty, Joyce R. – 1984
In 1982-83, Riverside Unified School District (California) selected an achievement test to provide both norm- and criterion-referenced (dual objective) data for its achievement testing program. The test selection process was focused around eight evaluation aspects: prescreening of tests, content matching, instructional evaluation, processing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
