Standards for Teacher Tests.

Klein, Stephen P.

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ERIC Number: EJ572880

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Standards for Teacher Tests.

Klein, Stephen P.

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, v12 n2 p123-38 Jun 1998

Discusses how recent court decisions and the move toward performance assessment may affect the adverse impact, reliability, validity, and pass-fail standards of teacher-certification tests. Recommendations are made for tests that combine multiple-choice items with open-ended tasks. (SLD)

Descriptors: Constructed Response, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Based Assessment, Standards, Teacher Certification, Teacher Evaluation, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Use, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Papers in this issue were discussed at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education Conference on Measurement Issues in Assessing Practice to Standards and Linkages to Pay for Knowledge and Skills (Chicago, IL, September 18-19, 1997).