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Download full textAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. – 1975
Intended for individuals working with the handicapped, the guide provides information about physical fitness tests, perceptual-motor scales, and developmental profiles. Covered in an introductory section are the rationale and relevance of testing, basic concepts about tests, interpretation of test results, adapted physical education programs, and…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Clarke, H. Harrison – 1976
Measurement is presented here as a means of enabling health and physical education programs to assume their place as indispensible phases of the educational process. Measurement is considered vital to health and physical education programs; teachers in these fields are admonished to turn to measurement activities as readily and as naturally as…
Descriptors: Health Education, Measurement, Measurement Instruments, Measurement Objectives
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2001
Although there are many regions of the country that have historically been ethnically and linguistically diverse, school system data as well as information from the 2000 census and other sources has indicated that many hitherto homogeneous regions of the country and their educational institutions have experienced significant growth in populations…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Tests
Peer reviewedWatkins, C. Edward, Jr.; Campbell, Vicki L. – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Introduces this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist," which considers several contemporary developments and issues in the areas of testing and assessment and their relevance for counseling psychologists. Topics examined by the papers are identified, along with five additional current issues in testing and assessment. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Testing, Counseling, Evaluation Methods
Damico, Jack S. – 1992
Performance assessment of language minority students is a complex process that requires the application of theoretically defensible procedures that are carefully designed and systematically implemented. Due to the differences between language minority students in the schools and those English-as-a-Second-Language/English-as-a-foreign-language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Holmes, Susan E. – 1985
Open testing and test disclosure legislation has fostered a renewed interest in the problems and issues associated with test equating. This paper focuses on a specific application of test equating, that of professional and occupational testing for certification and licensure. Test equating is the process of making test scores from different forms…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
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
Harrison, Don K.; And Others – 1981
This collection of client outcome measures is designed to enhance the program evaluation capacity of state vocational rehabilitation agencies and to assist program evaluators in the selection of appropriate instruments through information about client measures in the areas of functional limitations, client change, client satisfaction, and client…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Daily Living Skills, Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods
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
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
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
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1979
As bilingual education emerges after the 1974 Lau decision, the additional need to test the language proficiency of bilingual education teachers is recognized. Examination of possible means of validating language proficiency of bilingual education teacher certification candidates shows several alternatives, some desirable and some not. A review of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Court Litigation
Mead, Nancy A.; Rubin, Donald L. – 1985
Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores methods of listening and speaking skills assessment. The digest first provides a rationale for teaching and assessing listening and speaking skills. It then examines definitions of oral communication and listening, noting (1) the trend toward defining oral…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills
Brown, Frederick G. – 1980
This monograph serves as a nontechnical guide to teachers, counselors, school psychologists, administrators, parents, and others who use the 1974 Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests. The Standards are a concise summary of standards and guidelines for the development, evaluation, interpretation, use, and reporting of information on…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Educational Testing, Guidelines, Psychological Testing
DeGeorge, George P. – 1975
This guide is a compilation of factors considered important in the selection of tests for bilingual/bicultural programs. It is intended for use by test selectors or teachers in bilingual education, and does not presume to be exhaustive or authoritative. Basically the guide consists of questions the test selector or teacher should ask when…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences, Diagnostic Tests
