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Nicholson, Charles L. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Ability, Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Testing, Grade 3
Peer reviewedNorton, Eleanor Holmes – Social Policy, 1971
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Involvement, Examiners, Racial Relations
Peer reviewedGartner, Alan – Social Policy, 1971
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Involvement, Examiners, Racial Relations
Peer reviewedWright, Wendy A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1970
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Skills, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedTuinman, J. Jaap – Journal of Reading, 1971
Offers comments and suggestions for making reading comprehension test questions dependent on the material read and not on general knowledge. (MS)
Descriptors: Measurement, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Brings, Friedhelm – Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1970
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Measurement Techniques
Rambo, William W. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Laboratory Techniques, Measurement Instruments
Ricci, Benjamin – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Physiology
Gross, Lynne S. – Educ Instr Broadcasting, 1969
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Educational Television, Health Education, Learning Processes
Willingness to Answer Multiple-Choice Questions as Manifested Both in Genuine and in Nonsense Items.
Peer reviewedFrary, Robert B.; Hutchinson, T.P. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Alternate versions of Hutchinson's theory were compared, and one which implies the existence of partial knowledge was found to be better than one which implies that an appropriate measure of ability is obtained by applying the conventional correction for guessing. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Latent Trait Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring Formulas
Carney, Ann – Learning, 1983
The parent of a child who suffered from a developmental disability tells of problems with the kindergarten teacher concerning the child's placement and evaluation. Parents can provide valuable information about their children--if only teachers will listen. (PP)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Parent Role
Peer reviewedHawthorne, Linda White; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the extent to which the Wechsler and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) provides items of sufficient difficulty for gifted children (N=306) aged four to six. All subtests investigated were found to have an inadequate level of difficulty, and six were inadequate for half or more of the subjects. (JAC)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Gifted, Intelligence Tests, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedForness, Steven R.; Dvorak, Renne – Behavioral Disorders, 1982
The hypothesis that behaviorally disordered students would perform worse under standard, timed testing conditions than under relaxed time limit conditions was studied with 40 adolescents hospitalized for a variety of behavioral conditions. Performance increased under untimed conditions only in the area of reading comprehension. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances
Levins, Hoag – American School and University, 1983
Experts warn that only electron microscopes can see the smaller fibers of asbestos that are known to cause the most cancers, though the Environmental Protection Agency still endorses optical microscopes for asbestos removal verification. Asbestos testing methods are explained and sources of information are provided. (MLF)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Asbestos, Cancer, Educational Facilities Improvement
Peer reviewedRivera, Charlene; Simich, Carmen – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1981
The issues of language assessment and placement raise several important questions: (1) What are the basic premises upon which current language assessment instruments have been developed? (2) What is the state of the art in language proficiency assessment? (3) What implications do current research findings have for language proficiency assessment?…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Language Tests
