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Download full textRudner, Lawrence M. – 1994
The "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education are intended to provide a comprehensive basis for evaluating tests. This digest identifies key standards applicable to most test…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Norms
Rivera, Hipolito – 1996
The release of the newest Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), Fifth Edition, is the evolution of Raymond Cattell's conceptualization of the primary components of personality by analyzing adjectives describing human behavior. This updated version continues to measure the same 16 primary personality factors with improved reliability and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adolescents, National Norms, Personality Assessment
Nelson, John; And Others – 1997
This paper describes a battery of evaluation instruments designed to test the language skills of limited-English-proficient (LEP) elementary school students (K-6). The battery assesses students in four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing), uses educational tasks similar to those required in mainstream instruction, and reflects…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Language Skills
Reber, Anne M. – 1995
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) is an individually administered test of intelligence for assessing children aged 6 through 16 years, 11 months. The WISC-III consists of several subtests, each classified into a verbal or performance scale. The child's performance on these measures is summarized in three…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Performance Based Assessment
Bobbett, Gordon C.; French, Russell L. – 1991
Use of the School Climate and Context Inventory (SCCI) as a measure of school climate was investigated. The SCCI had previously been used as a measure of climate in a study of six rural high schools in Kentucky and Tennessee; in the current study, the SCCI was administered to 20 faculty members from each school. Split-half correlation and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Factor Analysis, High Schools
Wise, Lauress – 1993
As high-stakes use of tests increases, it becomes vital that test developers and test users communicate clearly about the accuracy and limitations of the scores generated by a test after it is assembled and used. A procedure is described for portraying the accuracy of test scores. It can be used in setting accuracy targets during form construction…
Descriptors: Classification, High Stakes Tests, Item Response Theory, Military Personnel
Nweke, Winifred C. – 1993
A crucial, but often forgotten, role of educational assessment is to enhance students' learning. This author advocates that an assessment program designed for student learning differs from assessment for accountability in purpose, test format, measurement type, number, and spread of tests, use of test results, and amount of interval between…
Descriptors: Accountability, Correlation, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Mehrens, William A. – 1987
The types of validity evidence that are appropriate for teacher licensure tests are discussed. Included are a discussion of the current popularity of teacher competency tests and the reasons for that popularity. Licensure, certification, and employment examinations are differentiated. Because the area of interest is the minimum competency…
Descriptors: Competence, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Horm-Wingerd, Diane M. – 1988
This paper provides an overview of standardized tests and a summary of important psychometric and test construction properties that educators must consider when they make critical evaluations of standardized tests. Sections of the paper concern: (1) basic characteristics of standardized tests; (2) differences between norm-referenced and…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Practices, Guidelines, Norm Referenced Tests
Moreland, Kevin L.; And Others – 1986
Three papers are included in this document. The first, "An Introduction to the Problem of Test User Qualifications," by Kevin L. Moreland, is a short history of the American Psychological Association (APA)/American Educational Research Association (AERA)/National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Working Group on Test User…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Models
Mouw, John T.; Perkins, Kyle – 1986
The purpose for which a test is used and the examinees' stage of learning are two anchor points that are incorporated into a suggested framework for conducting construct validation studies for tests of students with English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL). The framework includes the use of generalizability theory,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Generalizability Theory
Stevens, Floraline I. – 1984
An urban school district affected by testing in the effective schools context is described in order to provide examples of the effects of testing on teaching and the curriculum. The report describes the method of operationalizing the effective schools research using test information. An important catalyst to improving the instructional program was…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Testing
Keesling, J. Ward – 1984
The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) was developed in order to examine the extent to which Title I (now Chapter 1) is remediating the disadvantages in basic skills of educationally deprived children. TIERS Model A contrasts the achievement of Chapter 1 students to publishers' norms for hypothetically comparable groups of students.…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Pretests Posttests, Standardized Tests
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. Div. of Research, Evaluation, and Data Processing. – 1982
This document reports on the procedures and results of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) testing program in changing from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), administered to grades 1 through 7 from 1973-79, to the California Achievement Tests (CAT), Form C, administered in Spring 1980 to provide a continuous testing program from the elementary…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Mathematics Achievement
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES), in cooperation with State employment services, has conducted a continuing program of occupational test research and development since the mid-1930's. This program has produced a variety of tests and assessment techniques useful in vocational counseling and in selection of individuals for specific jobs.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Clerical Workers, Literacy, Occupational Tests
