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Adams, B. Barbara; Ollila, Lloyd O. – 1977
Designed to explore new reading readiness predictors that are not found extensively in the more commonly used commercial group tests and to develop new indices to measure the level of reading readiness of beginning first graders, a study was undertaken involving 115 children. The factor of sex in reading readiness was also investigated. An…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Acquisition
TESTING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE AND FUTURE FOCUS. STUDENT PERSONNEL SERIES NO. 6.
BARCLAY, JAMES R. – 1965
THE ROLE OF TESTING AS A SPECIAL MODERN TECHNIQUE OF ASSESSMENT IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IS EXAMINED. THE EMPHASIS IS UPON THE USE OF TESTS AS PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, THE CLARIFICATION OF CRITERIA USED TO EVALUATE HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THIS SETTING, AND THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF TESTING AND TEST USAGE.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Entrance Examinations, Computers, Counselor Role
Travers, Eugene J. – 1979
The uses of standardized test results are discussed and various measurement terms are defined. Scores on criterion referenced tests are interpreted by relating performance to some predetermined criterion, whereas scores on norm-referenced tests are interpreted by comparing them with scores obtained by members of the group on which the test was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Download full textSteinheiser, Frederick H., Jr.; And Others – 1978
Alternative mathematical models for scoring and decision making with criterion referenced tests are described, especially as they concern appropriate test length and methods of establishing statistically valid cutting scores. Several of these approaches are reviewed and compared on formal-analytic and empirical grounds: (1) Block's approach to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1955
The conference focused upon the users of tests in counseling and guidance. The first session centered on multi-factor ability test batteries, with papers on Use of Multi-Factor Aptitude Tests in School Counseling, by Robert D. North; Use of the General Aptitude Test Battery in the Employment Service, by Pauline K. Anderson; Service Tests of…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Legg, Sue M.; Ware, William B. – 1979
Student and test characteristics were examined by multiple regression analysis and discriminant function analysis to explain why 171 political science undergraduates scored differently on essay versus objective final examinations. Student characteristics included: (1) patterns of creative, crystallized, and fluid abilities as measured by the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Creativity
Gardner, Eric F. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1978
It is suggested that bias--when associated with a predictor, a test, or a statistical estimator--is not always bad, in spite of the immediate negative response evoked by the word, bias. Four settings are described to illustrate situations in which a procedure should not be summarily rejected due to bias: (1) educational researchers rejected the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bias, Competitive Selection, Emotional Response
Wilcove, Gerry L.; And Others – 1978
Two concerns led to the development of the screening test which is described: (1) the present 28% rate of attrition of Navy female first enlistees is too high; and (2) attrition is expected to increase when a high school diploma is no longer required for women to enter the Navy. Thus, a screening instrument was needed which could be used…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Biographical Inventories, Dropout Characteristics, Enlisted Personnel
Carbonell de Grompone, Maria A.; And Others – 1967
An investigation into the phonics and sight methods of reading instruction being taught in Uruguay schools seeks valid predictions in support of each approach. The study, written in Spanish, examines the progressive reading habits and abilities of 12 first-grade classes. Teachers assigned to teach each method uniformly had equivalent training and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Experimental Teaching, Foreign Countries, Matched Groups
Holmes, Monica Bychowski; And Others – 1968
In an effort to determine whether intelligence and school readiness could be estimated from observin g behavior and if middle class Head Start teachers ranked highly those pupils whose behavior resembled middle class behavior, the behavior patterns of 36 Head Start pupils were compared with their teachers' ranking of perceived intelligence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavior Standards, Disadvantaged
Cory, Charles H. – 1974
The potential usefulness of computerized tests for supplementing paper-and-pencil measures for predicting job performance abilities was the objective of a series of studies. This report covers the initial test development and analysis research. Eight computerized tests were constructed to measure five personal attributes identified in previous…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation
Winick, Albert B. – 1974
Tests of intelligence and structured measures of emotional status, aptitudes, and achievement alone do not suffice in predicting the vocational adjustment of the mentally retarded. Since the main concern is the evaluation of the many aspects of behavior which make the individual a unique and changing person, a format was developed which included a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Tests
Ebel, Robert L. – 1975
Six current issues in the use of tests are examined in this paper. Are the tests used in education valid? In general and to a reasonably satisfactory extent they are. Is the emphasis these tests place on cognitive achievements a serious limitation? Because of the basic and pervasive role of cognition in human affairs, and in the absence of any…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Human Resources Center, Albertson, NY. – 1970
This study was designed to develop a skill anaysis test battery which would aid in the prediction of achievement in two specific areas of training. A total of forty educable mentally retarded students in work study classes were selected for training. A three part rating scale specifically for this study was used as criterion meansure against the…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Programs, Job Satisfaction
Hatch, James Cordell – 1968
Theoretically, a number of demographic, personality, attitudinal, cognitive, and performance variables were selected for examining television performance effectiveness. The experiment, conducted within the workshop context, was replicated in 1965 with a total of 62 participants. Each year subjects were placed into three random groups, stratified…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Demography, Doctoral Dissertations
