Publication Date
In 2025 | 409 |
Since 2024 | 1606 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 5340 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 11037 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 22103 |
Descriptor
Test Validity | 21396 |
Validity | 13645 |
Test Reliability | 10597 |
Foreign Countries | 9571 |
Test Construction | 6710 |
Factor Analysis | 5682 |
Measures (Individuals) | 5520 |
Predictive Validity | 4997 |
Psychometrics | 4718 |
Reliability | 4593 |
Correlation | 4352 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Researchers | 1166 |
Practitioners | 629 |
Teachers | 333 |
Administrators | 165 |
Policymakers | 110 |
Counselors | 63 |
Students | 62 |
Parents | 15 |
Community | 12 |
Media Staff | 10 |
Support Staff | 7 |
More ▼ |
Location
Turkey | 1344 |
Australia | 695 |
Canada | 621 |
China | 498 |
United States | 431 |
United Kingdom | 359 |
Indonesia | 349 |
California | 335 |
Germany | 329 |
Netherlands | 328 |
Spain | 301 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 7 |
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 12 |
Does not meet standards | 10 |
Sloane, Howard N.; Endo, George T. – 1982
The 3-year project developed self-instructional programs and evaluated parent use of these programs (approximately 185 families) to improve behavior problems of their handicapped children, aged 3 to 9. The project's format included five goals (e.g., determination of the degree to which parents can treat behavioral problems without professional…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Autoinstructional Aids, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Schwartz, Judah L., Ed.; Garet, Michael S., Ed. – 1981
In an effort to examine issues raised by the effort to assess the performance of educational institutions, a project focusing on the social purposes and intellectual foundations of assessment practices in education was initiated. The primary goal of the project was to explore the possibility of developing new, more appropriate educational…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis

Powers, Donald E.; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1983
The increasing interest in oral proficiency during the past decade prompted Educational Testing Service (ETS) to undertake the development of the Test of Spoken English (TSE), a standardized test of speaking proficiency of non-native speakers of English. The test has been validated for the selection of non-native teaching assistants applying to…
Descriptors: Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cutting Scores, English (Second Language)
Yap, Kim Onn – 1984
The purpose of this study was to review and evaluate the Basic Inventory of Natural Language (BINL) to help determine whether it should continue to be used in Honolulu's Students of Limited English Proficiency (SLEP) Program. The study looked at four critical aspects of the BINL: its content validity, its test-retest reliability, its effectiveness…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria, Language Proficiency
Guskey, Thomas R.; Kifer, Edward W. – 1989
The validity of various procedures for rank ordering school districts throughout a state on the basis of statewide test results was studied. Data were drawn from the 1987 administration of the Kentucky Essential Skills Test (KEST), which is given each spring to all children enrolled in public school grades kindergarten through 12 in 178 school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Educational Quality, Elementary School Students
Beck, Klaus; Krumm, Volker – 1989
The lack of a German language testing instrument for economic literacy has led to problems for researchers in German-speaking countries to establish the level of economic literacy in those countries. The translation of the 23rd edition (1987) of the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) into a German version, known as the Wirtschalfliche Bildung Test…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Carifio, James; And Others – 1987
In September 1984, a Vocational Education Data System (VEDS) follow-up survey was conducted of all 5,267 students who had graduated from Massachusetts public community colleges in 1982-83. Of these graduates, 1,881 (35.7%) returned the survey, and 3,386 (64.3%) did not. A subsequent study was conducted to compare the characteristics of survey…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Outcomes of Education
Appenzellar, Anne B.; Kelley, H. Paul – 1988
The Measurement and Evaluation Center of the University of Texas (Austin) conducted a validity study to assist the Department of Management Science and Information (DMSI) at the College of Business Administration in establishing a program of credit by examination for an introductory course in electronic data processing--Data Processing Analysis…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Credits, College Freshmen, Computer Science Education
Enger, John M. – 1988
In Arkansas, in reaction to complaints about traditional methods of selection for promotion, the civil service commission has chosen to base promotions in the police department solely on scores on locally-developed objective tests. Items developed and loaded into a computerized test bank were selected from six areas of responsibility: (1) criminal…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks, Job Skills, Law Enforcement
Olson, George H. – 1989
The validity of grades given by secondary school teachers was studied. Two teacher-originated measures of performance and one independent standardized measure of achievement were examined. The teacher-originated grades were final examination grades (FINALs) and end of the semester marks (MARKs) for over 40 courses at all secondary levels. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
These two booklets, one for juvenile counselor candidates and one for test administrators, provide information about the examination developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The candidate information booklet (1) provides background…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Selection
Puleo, Vincent T. – 1985
This article examines recent research on full- and extended-day kindergarten programs held every day. Preceding the review are general comments concerning methodological concerns and a description of essential features of the literature. The review is organized in terms of specific end-of-year effects because administrators seeking justification…
Descriptors: Attendance, Basic Skills, Costs, Enrollment Trends
Friedman, Lawrence B.; Tinzmann, Margaret B. – 1985
A study was conducted to develop a questionnaire for gauging student perceptions of the graphic climate (the extent to which students habitually use and construct appropriate graphics during the reading and studying process) in middle and high school history classes. The questionnaire was a 4-point Likert scale consisting of 18 questions, five of…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 11, Grade 7, Graphic Organizers
Hillocks, George, Jr. – 1986
Reflecting changes in the focus and methodology of writing research over the past 20 years, this book provides a meta-analysis of studies on teaching approaches and focuses on composition instruction at the elementary, secondary, and college levels. The first chapter of the book examines general studies of the composing process, studies of process…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
Klein-Braley, Christine – 1985
One solution to the problems of discrete-point testing are tests of reduced redundancy, that is, tests that introduce interference into the communication through actual introduction of noise or through deletion of text and that ask the learner to perform in spite of the noise. Three test types were originally developed to operationalize the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dictation, Elementary Secondary Education