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Graham, Rumi Y.; Eva, Nichole; Cowan, Sandra – Communications in Information Literacy, 2018
Several standardized and validated information literacy (IL) tests have been developed for use in U.S. post-secondary contexts, but fewer choices exist for schools outside of the U.S. In an earlier study (Cowan, Graham, & Eva, 2016) the authors explored IL testing at a Canadian university using the international version of the SAILS Cohort…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Standardized Tests, Teacher Made Tests

Bembridge, Teri – Educational Leadership, 1992
When commercially available tests failed to match their whole-language instructional practices, resource teachers in a Canadian school district developed their own instrument. Assembled over a five-year period, the Multi-Layered Assessment Package (MAP) is a set of procedures accompanied by suggested books, transcripts, and retelling and recording…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Reading Tests
Wassermann, Selma – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Argues that reliance on the outcome of quantitative standardized tests to assess student performance is misplaced quest for certainty in an uncertain world. Reviews and lauds Canadian teacher-devised qualitative diagnostic tool, "Profiles of Student Behaviors," composed of 20 behavioral patterns in student knowledge, attitude, and skill.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Research Skills
Holmes, Mark – 1982
This handbook is intended primarily for the classroom teacher and the school principal. The focus of the book is on the evaluation of students as they pass through elementary and secondary school. It includes suggestions for the classroom teacher in developing tests and other assessment measures. It deals with a range of educational objectives in…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1994
This paper offers college teachers guidelines for improving their teacher made tests. It notes that teachers may focus on how well students have learned course objectives while being unaware of how the testing process itself contributes to the results obtained. The paper reports the results of a test-taking workshop designed to improve college…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Control