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Azevedo, Ana, Ed.; Azevedo, José, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
E-assessments of students profoundly influence their motivation and play a key role in the educational process. Adapting assessment techniques to current technological advancements allows for effective pedagogical practices, learning processes, and student engagement. The "Handbook of Research on E-Assessment in Higher Education"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Guides
Williamson, Ron; Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2009
Like the other books in the A-Z series, this book provides practical tools and activities that can be used immediately to improve your practice. This guide offers specific strategies that will help you become a more effective principal. There are 26 chapters in this book, one for each letter of the alphabet. Contents include: (1) Achievement is…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Culture, School Safety, Public Relations
Blostein, Stanley; And Others – 1991
A faculty committee was commissioned at Ohio State University's College of Social Work to study that College's grading practices. In fulfilling this charge a survey of the faculty was conducted and the results presented along with a review of useful literature on grading and recommendations for change. The survey of faculty used a questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Methods, Grade Inflation, Grading
Morrison, Keith – Compare, 1994
Argues for a diverse response to the issues and objectives concerning assessment. Highlights a wide variety of assessment procedures from foreign schools, each one relevant to the local culture and educational objectives. Discusses the inherent dangers in overemphasizing, as well as underemphasizing, assessment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Comparative Education, Credentials, Educational Policy
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Torres, Bayardo B. – Biochemical Education, 1991
Describes an assessment procedure that allows the students to share in the responsibility and judgment of evaluating their own learning and achievement. As applied in an introductory biochemistry course at the University of Sao Paulo, the method consists primarily of a double, independent correction procedures for the students' examinations. (JJK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biochemistry, College Science, Evaluation Methods
Chickering, Arthur W. – 1983
Students' perceptions concerning quality in education, the norm-reference approach to student evaluation, and the problem of assessing how much learning has occurred are discussed. To one sample of students, quality meant desirable institutional characteristics and outcomes concerning their own learning and development. Institutions are likely to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Diversity (Student)
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1981
This bulletin describes the technical adequacy of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination and includes discussions on establishing test reliability, test validity, passing scores, and protecting the test from cultural or ethnic bias. Chapter I describes the development of the examination: (1) development, identification, and validation of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Corwin Press, 2004
Thomas R. Guskey and Robert J. Marzano bring together leaders in the field of educational assessment to offer a multi-book series with the most up to date standards available. Comprehensive yet accessible. Research-based yet practical. This concise series addresses essential assessment concepts with solutions for today's educational challenges.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Scoring Rubrics, Graduate Students
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Quann, C. James – College and University, 1993
A survey of 17 registrars in colleges and universities using narrative evaluation of students instead of traditional grading investigated the types of institutions using the method, number of narratives generated, variations in form of narrative, history of the systems, methods of collecting and processing, control and limitations, costs, and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational History, Evaluation Methods, Grading