The current study examined the mathematical achievement of high school students enrolled for 3 years in one of three NSF funded "Standards"-based curricula (IMP, CMIC, MMOW). The focus was on traditional topics in mathematics as measured by subtests of a standardized achievement test and a criterion-referenced test of mathematics…

This study was designed to examine the effects of looping, a practice whereby teachers and students stay together for more than one year, on perceived values and academic achievement in language arts at a Fresno Unified School District elementary school in Fresno, CA. Looping has many perceived advantages, such as the development of long-term…

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) has been developed and instituted to facilitate student mobility and academic recognition. This paper presents, discusses, and illustrates the pertinence and the limitation of the current statistical distribution of the ECTS grades, and we propose an alternative way to calculate the ECTS…

This research explores struggling adolescent readers' perceptions about reading. The eight students featured in this study were enrolled in a mandatory Title I remedial reading class. The purpose of the Title I intervention class was to prepare these middle school eighth graders to successfully pass the state's criterion referenced test. The…

The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) of S. Forer and others (1987) records the degree of disability of rehabilitation patients between "Total Dependence" and "Complete Independence." Using the FIM, ratings on a seven-point scale are made by therapists and other expert care-providers at the time of patient admission to…

This study is an attempt to answer the following research question: can the reliability of a criterion-referenced test be accurately determined according to a multiple classification of the student's performance? Specifically, the study pursues the beta-multinomial model, which postulates the probability distribution of an examinee's degree of…

There is no conflict between interpretation of criterion-referenced tests, interpretation of norm referenced tests, and the SAT, nor should on be thought superior to the other in some sense. Each should supplement the other. (Author/PG)

Criterion referenced test methodology is used in this study for determining the extent of overtraining and undertraining through the use of the minimally acceptable performance level (MAPL), as proposed by Nedelsky (1954). A MAPL was computed for each area on a 320-item, 12-area test. The raw area scores of the technicians were transformed to…

The document presents a criterion referenced test to help the classroom teacher determine which of several basic phonetic and structural analysis skills the students have mastered. Aspects covered by the test include letter names, consonants and vowels, letter sounds, consonant digraphs, short and long vowel sounds, consonant blends, diphthongs,…

The Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) compiled a catalog of existing criterion referenced tests (CRT) and other objectives-based tests for use in kindergarten through grade 12. CSE consulted publishers' catalogs, bibliographies, and test lists, and conducted computer searches of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and…

The migrant program's evaluation system necessitates that instructional personnel evaluate students on a continuing basis using criterion-referenced items that have been developed and validated. This measurement system consists of 230 criterion-referenced items designed to measure 230 objectives in reading and math. These range across seven levels…

A number of different definitions and indices of reliability for mastery tests have recently been proposed in an attempt to cope with possible lack of score variability that attenuates traditional coefficients. One promising index that has been suggested is the proportion of students in a group that are consistently assigned to the same mastery…

Easy-Test has been developed to produce computer generated criterion referenced tests on any of 300 subject areas at the secondary level. The tests are drawn from over 14,000 items, can be used for diagnostic purposes, and have been shown to be both valid and reliable. Among limitations of the system are the inclusion of some items not taught in a…