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Download full textWildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
Due to the current legislative trend toward competency-based education, and the accompanying minimal competency testing, a variety of local school districts and state education agencies are concurrently developing programs to meet the standards set by their state's legislation. This selective bibliography was compiled in order to aid those…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Equivalency Tests
Conradt, David – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Defends the grading of the advanced placement examinations in U.S. government and politics courses. Provides the criteria used for the selection of the readers. Points out among 27 readers in 1989, all had masters' degrees and 4 held doctorates in political science or international relations. Claims high school instructors in the program are…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Equivalency Tests, Political Science, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedUlin, Richard O. – English Journal, 1982
Examines the inherent problems in evaluating writing skills, particularly as practiced by the General Education Development Testing Service. (RL)
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, High School Equivalency Programs
Peer reviewedApstein, Barbara – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, English Curriculum, English Departments
PDF pending restorationHiscox, Michael D. – 1979
Components of the Proficiency Testing System (PTS) designed for the Central Valley School District, Washington, are described. Components are: (1) progress assessment, consisting of norm referenced tests, writing samples, diagnostic tests, and ability checklists; (2) user assistance, including an objectives manual, inservice workshop, and a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1998
This document consists of the five issues of the newsletter of the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service: January/February, March/April, May/June, September/October, and November/December. Each issue contains information of interest to users of the GED examinations. The feature article for the January/February issue is "Next…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Educational Certificates, Equivalency Tests
Auchter, Joan Chikos; Patience, Wayne – 1989
The methods used by the General Educational Development Testing Service (GEDTS) to establish and maintain score stability and reading reliability on its direct assessment of writing are described. Using the 1988 site certification and monitoring results of several scoring sites, the focus is on describing how the score scale was established and…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Equivalency Tests, Essay Tests, Evaluators
Graham, Darol L.; Bergquist, Constance – 1975
Two models were identified for criterion-referenced tests, one based on the assumption of a continuous achievement variable and the other assuming a dichotomous or binary variable. Several test characteristics were examined and contrasted for the two models, including the distribution of scores, establishment of a cutting score, test length, item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Kolen, Michael J.; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1981
Procedures used to compare the results from item response theory as well as more traditional equating methods were described and critically analyzed. The implications of the comparison of equipercentile, linear, one-parameter (Rasch), and three-parameter methods for equating twelve forms of each of the five tests of General Educational Development…
Descriptors: Adults, Equated Scores, Equivalency Tests, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedModjeski, Richard B.; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The General Education Performance Index (GEPI) is a comparatively short test covering the same content as the General Educational Development Test (GED), which takes ten hours to administer. Correlations of the subtests of the GEPI with the GED ranged from .28 to .57. (JKS)
Descriptors: Correlation, Equivalency Tests, Military Personnel, Statistical Data
Feldmesser, Robert A. – 1978
After reviewing three current approaches to handling students who fail to meet minimum competency standards, the author proposes a new approach to minimum competency testing. The three common reactions are: (1) doing nothing to help failing students; (2) denying students their high school diplomas; and (3) requiring students to take remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Civil Liberties, College Role, Competency Based Education
1976
On March 11 and 12, 1976, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project of the Education Commission of the States (ECS), and the Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing (CAPT), a project of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), cohosted a Minimal Competency Measurement Conference in Denver, Colorado.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agency Role, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Cone, Richard – 1976
The educational implications of criterion-referenced tests are demonstrated. It is the hypothesis of the author that criterion-referenced tests have little educational impact unless carefully constructed around rigorous domain specifications. The paper details the process and problems of construction of a series of history tests presently being…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Equivalency Tests, History
PDF pending restorationEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1961
Three themes were addressed at the conference: (1) implications of factor analysis for achievement testing; (2) use of achievement tests in awarding course credits; and (3) extended conceptions of evaluation in higher education. The speeches were entitled: Factors of Verbal Achievement, by John B. Carroll; Schools of Thought in Judging Excellence…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits, College Entrance Examinations
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1967
The 1967 meeting of the Western Regional Conference on Testing Problems dealt with evaluation and educational change. The following speeches were presented: (1) "The Atypical Student" by Carole A. Leland; (2) "Citizenship Assessment" by Vincent N. Campbell; (3) "Educational Criteria and the Cheshire-Cat" by Scarvia B. Anderson; (4) "Are…
Descriptors: College Credits, Conference Reports, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
