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Download full textBaker, Eva L. – 1986
Ways to improve the validity of assessment of college students are discussed. Validity problems often have occurred because the purpose of assessment was not clear. Traditionally, college students have been tested for admission and placement. However, the results of these tests have been used for other purposes, such as comparing institutions.…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria
Baker, Eva L. – 1986
Some special problems associated with evaluating intelligent computer-assisted instruction (ICAI) programs are addressed. This paper intends to describe alternative approaches to the assessment and improvement of such applications and to provide examples of efforts undertaken and shortfalls. Issues discussed stem chiefly from the technical demands…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Criterion Referenced Tests
Baker, Eva L. – 1979
In the early 1970s educational evaluation's fusion of respect for rationality, power to implement rational procedure, and an altruistic objective (improved instruction) appealed to educational researchers. Dealing essentially with closed systems, it measured program success by student performance on measurement instruments. Critics exclaimed that…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBaker, Eva L.; Schacter, John – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1996
This discussion of the use of expert performance as the basis for inferring assessment scoring criteria in evaluating student performance considers characteristics of experts and difficulties in use of adult expertise to evaluate student performance. The use of gifted students' performances as benchmarks is suggested as possibly providing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Alternative Assessment, Benchmarking
Peer reviewedBaker, Eva L.; And Others – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1994
This article describes performance-based assessment as expounded by its proponents, comments on these conceptions, reviews evidence regarding the technical quality of performance-based assessment, and considers its validity under various policy options. (JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBaker, Eva L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1996
Paper introduces a collection of papers on educational assessment, noting controversies surrounding both old and new assessment methods, discussing the persistent set of technical issues that must be addressed by the research community in measurement, and examining work by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Baker, Eva L. – 1992
National educational reform presents an unprecedented opportunity to combine policy options, the best technological knowledge, and American concerns about equity and fairness. There are three principal concerns regarding equity in assessment of Limited-English-proficient (LEP) and other student populations: (1) if students are not assessed because…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
