Assesssing Tests: What Do Teachers Need To Know?.

Horm-Wingerd, Diane M.

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ERIC Number: ED318574

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1988-Nov

Pages: 21

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Assesssing Tests: What Do Teachers Need To Know?

Horm-Wingerd, Diane M.

This paper provides an overview of standardized tests and a summary of important psychometric and test construction properties that educators must consider when they make critical evaluations of standardized tests. Sections of the paper concern: (1) basic characteristics of standardized tests; (2) differences between norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests; (3) reliability and validity; (4) the importance of reliability and validity; and (5) sources of additional information. Guidelines for appropriate test selection and use are included. (Author/RH)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Practices, Guidelines, Norm Referenced Tests, Resource Materials, Standardized Tests, Teacher Responsibility, Test Reliability, Test Selection, Test Use, Test Validity

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: A portion of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (Anaheim, CA, November 10-13, 1988).