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Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1996
The perceptions of various educators (N=495) of the effectiveness of practices related to the dissemination of the results from their schools' standardized testing programs were collected and analyzed. Contrary to what might have been expected from prior research, these educators rated the effectiveness of their schools' performance in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Pigge, Fred L.; Marso, Ronald N. – 1988
Selected findings are presented from a study of classroom teachers' testing needs, testing proficiencies, testing practices, and testing resources in the public schools in Ohio. Focus was on determining how principals and supervisors can assist: (1) teachers in identifying and alleviating the most common test construction errors found on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1994
This study was designed to collect and then to compare various educators' perceptions (N=484) of the effectiveness of selected standardized testing program management practices in their schools. It was found that these educators perceived their schools' performance of testing-related practices to be more effective than the schools' overall…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Administration
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1988
This study involved the assessment of classroom teachers' standardized and mastery program testing needs and proficiencies by a random sample of Ohio principals and supervisors (N=586). A total of 229 supervisors, 313 building principals, and 44 individuals in related supervisory roles was used. The findings from the investigation support the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1989
The extent to which principals (n=313), supervisors (n=273), and teachers (n=313) agreed in their assessments of classroom teachers' testing proficiencies was studied in the Ohio public schools. There were 122 elementary and 191 secondary school teachers in the teacher sample. The validity of these perceptions was determined by a direct assessment…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1991
The perceptions of testing directors, school principals, teacher supervisors, and classroom teachers concerning the actual purposes of public school standardized group testing programs were studied. Surveys were mailed to superintendents in 97 randomly selected public school districts. The superintendents forwarded survey packets to selected…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1989
This paper presents staff development implications for elementary and secondary school teachers which were gleaned from assessments of classroom teachers' testing needs, resources, practices, and proficiencies made by 586 supervisors and principals and 326 teachers in an Ohio study. These assessments included direct analyses of teacher-made tests…
Descriptors: Administrators, Classroom Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1991
The purpose of the study described here was to determine the extent to which student teachers' performance, as assessed by their university supervisors, could be predicted from the following sets of measurements: (1) high school and college academic performance indexes; (2) self-reported attitudes, anxieties, and concerns about teaching; and (3)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Personality Measures