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Millman, Jason – NCME Measurement in Education, 1981
Arguments against competency testing surface continually, and classic counter-arguments reoccur. Nevertheless, minimum competency testing and other accountability efforts have much public support. Those claiming that the tests are not relevant or do not have predictive validity, also say they are coachable and biased. Answers are given to these…
Descriptors: Accountability, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
PDF pending restorationLam, Tony C. M. – 1981
The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the unreliability of difference scores and the power of tests of significance in an attempt to determine the validity of the paradox for the measurement of change presented by Overall and Woodward: that the power of tests of significance is maximum when the reliability of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Correlation, Error of Measurement, Hypothesis Testing
PDF pending restorationHorne, Marcia D. – 1977
The construction and evaluation of the Perception of Social Closeness Scale (PSCS) is described. The PSCS, designed to measure classroom social distance, is modeled after the Classroom Social Distance Scale and is constructed in a manner to be used with classroom teachers. Following a description of the scale's development, items were selected to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Acceptance, Student Attitudes
Ebel, Robert L. – 1981
An alternate-choice test item is a simple declarative sentence, one portion of which is given with two different wordings. For example, "Foundations like Ford and Carnegie tend to be (1) eager (2) hesitant to support innovative solutions to educational problems." The examinee's task is to choose the alternative that makes the sentence…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests
Smith, Gerald R.; And Others – 1981
The development of a new instrument, the Statements About Schools Inventory (SAS) is described. The SAS measures the extent to which high schools meet the needs of their students for a safe, stable environment (security scale), for interpersonal relationships (social scale), for success and achievement (esteem scale), and for personal growth (self…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Student Needs
Download full textRohner, Ronald P.; And Others – 1978
Data are presented evaluating the validity and reliability of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ), a self-report questionnaire designed to elicit respondents' perceptions of themselves with respect to seven personality and behavioral dispositions: hostility and aggression, dependence, self-esteem, self-adequacy, emotional…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
PDF pending restorationFagan, Barbara M.; Horst, Donald P. – 1976
Brief guidelines for the selection of norm referenced tests are offered. Four considerations in selecting an appropriate test are: (1) appropriateness of test content; (2) appropriateness of the norm group; (3) test reliability; and (4) ease of administration. (MH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, National Norms
Klein, Ronald; And Others – 1978
The Alpha Omega Completed Sentence Form (AOCSF) was developed to identify and measure a person's adaptational approaches to information concerning their own death or the possible death of a significant other. In contrast to the Kubler-Ross stage theory, the adaptational approach recognizes a person's capacity to assimilate new information which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Measures, Death, Grief
SLAKTER, MALCOLM J. – 1967
RISK TAKING ON OBJECTIVE EXAMINATIONS (RTOOE) OCCURS WHENEVER AN EXAMINEE TAKES AN EXAMINATION WITH PENALTIES FOR INCORRECT RESPONSES, AND RESPONDS TO AN ITEM WITHOUT KNOWING THE CORRECT ANSWER WITH CERTAINTY. THIS PROJECT WAS CONCERNED WITH THREE ASPECTS OF RTOOE--(1) ITS MEASUREMENT, (2) ITS GENERALITY, AND (3) ITS EFFECT ON TEST SCORE. IN THE…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Objective Tests, Research Design, Research Methodology
BUTLER, DELBERT FRANKLIN – 1965
A TEST WAS CONSTRUCTED TO MEASURE SELECTED LIFE SCIENCE CONCEPTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. THE CONTENT OF THE TEST IS BASED ON SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS--(1) STRUCTURE, (2) METABOLISM, (3) GROWTH, (4) REPRODUCTION, (5) RESPONSIVENESS, AND (6) ADAPTION. A LIST OF CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE SIX CHARACTERISTICS…
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary School Science
Gulley, S. Beverly; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable instrument for observing the behaviors of caregivers in infant day care centers. Identification of custodial and developmental tasks of infant caregivers was accomplished by a review of the relevant literature, narrative recordings of infant caregivers, and verification of the tasks by a panel of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Day Care Centers, Infants
Green, Kathy; Sax, Gilbert – 1981
Achievement test reliability as a function of ability was determined for multiple sections of a large university French class (n=193). A 5-option multiple-choice examination was constructed, least attractive distractors were eliminated based on the instructor's judgment, and the resulting three forms of the examination (i.e. 3-, 4-, or 5-choice…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, French, Higher Education
Strum, Irene; Shapiro, Madelaine – 1980
The purpose of this study was to validate the Prescriptive Instructional Program for Educational Readiness (PIPER) for utilization as a criterion referenced test (CRT) among learning disabled children. The program consisted of behavioral objectives and diagnostic and/or mastery tasks and activities for each objective in the area of gross motor…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Learning Disabilities, Primary Education
Venezky, Richard L.; And Others – 1976
Diagnostic tests for nine different letter-sound patterns were developed for the PLATO Computer Assisted Instruction system and were administered to 122 first, second, and third graders. Results for four of the patterns showed low test reliabilities and no monotonic increase for the percentage correct with increasing grade level. The remaining…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Primary Education, Reading Diagnosis
McCormick, Ernest J.; And Others – 1977
A study dealt with the use of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) within a job component validity framework as the basis for estimating aptitude requirements of jobs represented by scores on commercially available tests as contrasted with scores on General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) tests. Procedures generally consisted of the use of job…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Occupational Tests, Performance Tests, Predictive Measurement
