Briefly describes a comprehensive reading program based on the ideas of mastery learning. (Author/JM)

Enactment of PL 94-142 requires that outcomes of special education programs and related service programs be determined on a regular basis. The problem of aggregation of criterion-referenced test data for special service program outcome evaluation and the strengths and weaknesses of several alternative solutions are examined. (Author)

The adoption of a criterion-referenced assessment system and the resulting disadvantages of this form of evaluation for the college general education program are discussed, including problems in identifying assessment validation procedures. (RAO)

Notes problems in using reading tests intended for children when testing adults; attempts to clarify some of these problems by making explicit the assumptions implicit in the practice of using children's reading tests with adults. (GT)

It is now recognized that there are almost as many learning styles as there are learners. Today's teacher is faced with the difficult task of developing a multidimensional system to evaluate his teaching effectiveness. (Editor)

Grading profiles for formative and summative assessment in a British nursing school were designed with criterion referencing to improve validity and interrater and intercourse reliability. Assessment was conceptualized as an ethical activity that clarifies expectations through specification of criteria. (SK)

Transcripts of forensic interviews with 98 alleged victims of child sexual abuse were analyzed for key content criteria. Other information on these cases was independently evaluated by professionals. Key criteria more often appeared in accounts independently rated as likely to have actually occurred, and several criteria were helpful in…

This study compared the reliability and validity indexes of randomly parallel tests administered under inclusion, exclusion, and correction for guessing directions, using 54 graduate students. It also compared the criterion-referenced grading decisions based on the different scoring methods. (TJH)

School districts are increasingly instituting kindergarten retention policies and establishing readiness and pre-first-grade transition programs. Using readiness tests to classify, promote, and retain children is inappropriate and costly. Various high stakes tests are reviewed and alternative strategies suggested. Includes 18 references. (MLH)

Issues in the measurement of subject matter proficiency, as defined by recognized subject matter scholars, are explored as they relate to the increasing use of teaching machines, programmed learning, and broadly conceived instructional systems. Criterion-referenced measurement is discussed. (SLD)

Beginning discussions and exploratory work on criterion-referenced measurement are reviewed in this commentary on the author's 1963 address to the American Educational Research Association on issues of measurement and the development of educational technology. Many problems foreseen at that time remain current. (SLD)

The term "criterion-referenced measurement" has been so frequently used that accumulated surplus meaning has sometimes swamped the fundamental concept. Stripping away extraneous interpretations affirms the contemporary relevance of the concept. Substituting the term "construct-referenced" underscores the need for better…

Two studies are reported that examined translation from second language to first language as a testing procedure. Results suggest that the widespread rejection of translation as a language testing procedure by teachers and testers is probably not warranted on psychometric grounds, but that it should be used with extreme care. (10 references)…

Examines relationships between implementation of select affective middle school program elements and criterion-based student achievement in math, reading, and writing. Finds strong relationships among the achievement measures used and between school articulation strategies and the achievement measures. Suggests some affective program elements…