Customizing Achievement Tests to Fit Local District Objectives.

Jolly, S. Jean

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Publication Date: 1983

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Customizing Achievement Tests to Fit Local District Objectives.

Jolly, S. Jean

Spectrum, v1 n1 p37-39 Spr 1983

Proposes that objective-referenced tests replace norm-referenced tests as a vehicle for program evaluation. Describes a methodology, based on latent trait theory, for joining norm-referenced and objective-referenced testing in a customized testing program. (TE)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Latent Trait Theory, Measurement Objectives, Norm Referenced Tests, Program Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Interpretation, Test Selection, Test Theory

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stanford Achievement Tests

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