ERIC Number: ED281913
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jan
Pages: 17
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Current Issues in Testing, Measurement, and Evaluation.
Melville, S. Donald; And Others
In this report four educators discuss the issues which they see to be most current in the fields of testing, measurement and evaluation. The first section discusses the mastery of basic skills, defined by minimum levels of competence. Factors such as accountability, social policy, instructional implications, and psychometric issues are brought to bear on the subject. The second section examines problems more complex than those involved with assessing basic skills. Identifying and defining higher order skills, designing a sound curriculum, and deciding whether available instruments are adequate for assessing higher order skills are among the goals which must be achieved to adequately teach and test higher order skills. The third section points out some concerns related to testing teachers before they begin to practice their profession. Two major trends, using the National Teacher Examinations from the Educational Testing Service and using state programs to develop teacher certification tests, are presented. A state-of-the-art survey, detailed in section four, describes computer-assisted educational testing as it is used for writing test items, constructing tests, administering tests, scoring and analyzing results, and record keeping. A list of references is included. (PS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Rating, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Psychometrics, Student Evaluation, Teacher Certification, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing
Publication Type: ERIC Publications
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Princeton, NJ.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Teacher Examinations
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