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Fuentes, Edward J.; Wisenbaker, Joseph M. – 1979
As part of the evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I Migrant Program, this study investigated whether teacher judgment of oral language proficiency could be used as a covariate in analyzing the reading test scores of migrant children, so that their possible lack of English proficiency could be taken into account…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Elementary Education, Feasibility Studies, Group Testing
Download full textGranville, Arthur; And Others – 1977
This interim report re-examines data on instrument suitability, comparability of groups, and adequacy of sample size in Year III of the process evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) and offers preliminary recommendations concerning the feasibility of continuing the impact study. PDC is a Head Start demonstration program aimed at…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Cowie, Colin – 1976
Questions often raised about intelligence tests are discussed: (1) the definition of intelligence; (2) the definition of intelligence quotient; (3) the kinds of tests available; (4) validity; (5) fairness to minority groups; (6) use made of test results; (7) differences in results among various intelligence tests; (8) differences in scores using…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Culture Fair Tests, Foreign Countries, Guides
Greene, Jennifer E. – 1978
This paper reports an investigation of inferencing in Form Five of the Reading Comprehension component of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. The first step in the investigation consisted of an analysis of the language of the test to determine how the inferencing strategies employed might serve to mask answers. This preliminary analysis suggested that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Harris, Lynn J. – 1979
A pilot study was initiated to achieve reliability and especially validity indexes for measuring research and development impact. Two opposing questionnaires were administered to each of three target groups: 164 high school vocational education students, 120 secondary school vocational education teachers, and 56 vocational education…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Item Analysis, Program Development, Questionnaires
Funk, Gerald W. – 1979
A project continued activity to improve the occupational competency assessment program for evaluating and certifying vocational education teachers. Development of new testing was continued by Temple University, The Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pittsburgh. Workshops for test developers were conducted to ensure standardization of…
Descriptors: Competence, Examiners, Minimum Competency Testing, Occupational Tests
Bachman, Lyle F.; Palmer, Adrian S. – 1979
In a study designed to validate oral language proficiency tests, it is planned to administer a series of tests to 100 native Mandarin Chinese-speaking subjects (foreign students and their spouses). The tests will measure communicative competence in speaking (ability to speak, exhibiting control of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic rules;…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationBaldauf, Richard B., Jr.; Propst, Ivan K., Jr. – 1979
The matching cloze format used in constructing the reading comprehension parts of the Micronesian Achievement Test Series (MATS) is described as a holistic approach which measures skills comparable to those needed by English as a second language students in actual reading situations. Kenneth Goodman's theory about the strategies used by good…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Smock, Charles D., Ed.; And Others – 1972
This set of four research reports is a product of the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia Follow Through Program. Based on Piagetian theory, the MAP provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge children in…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Blacks, Child Development, Compensatory Education
Hengstler, Dennis D.; Reichard, Donald J. – 1980
A recent decline in the ability to predict first-year grade point average using the traditional regression analyses incorporating Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) and high school rank as predictors fostered an investigation of the effectiveness of alternative procedures to predict academic success. Four procedures were investigated and compared,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Class Rank
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1980
This technical report discusses the development of a framework for identifying a battery of measures to be used in evaluating Head Start program effects on children 3 to 7 years of age. The report consists of an overview and five chapters, and provides eight appendices (in two additional volumes). Among the topics addressed are background…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Collection, Developmental Tasks, Individual Characteristics
Tomko, Thomas N.; Ennis, Robert H. – 1979
A discussion of evaluating informal logic competence centers on the identification of currently available tests and on a description of test theory, to aid in test selection. The following concepts in test theory are discussed: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, true scores, reliability, validity, test selection and evaluation, test…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing
PALORMO, JEAN M. – 1967
DEVELOPED TO AID MANAGERS OF DATA-PROCESSING CENTERS AND PERSONNEL DIRECTORS IN SCREENING PERSONS WITH APTITUDES FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMING, THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMER APTITUDE BATTERY (CPAB) INCLUDES DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TEST ADMINISTRATION, INTERPRETATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. FIVE SEPARATELY TIMED TESTS (VERBAL MEANING,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computers, Data Processing, Guides
Garrett, Gary L.; Zinsmeister, Joanne T. – 1980
This document reports research focusing on physical therapists and physical therapist assistant role delineation refinement and verification; entry-level role determinations; and translation of these roles into an examination development protocol and examination blueprint specifications. Following an introduction, section 2 describes the survey…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Competence
Fairbanks, Marilyn M.; Elliott, Mary K. – 1979
A study was conducted focusing on three aspects of a developmental English program in which underprepared freshmen were able to earn regular composition credit while receiving additional help in both reading and writing. An examination of the scores on the Iowa Silent Reading Test compared to scores on two writing tests was made and some…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, English Instruction, Functional Reading
