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Direct linkMattern, Krista D.; Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Camara, Wayne J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2012
As researchers at a testing organization concerned with the appropriate uses and validity evidence for our assessments, we provide an applied perspective related to the issues raised in the focus article. Newton's proposal for elaborating the consensus definition of validity is offered with the intention to reduce the risks of inadequate…
Descriptors: Evidence, Validity, Tests, Testing
Peer reviewedMyers, Miles – Voices from the Middle, 1995
Argues that in its testing procedures, announcements of results, and methods of review, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is becoming a testing company when it should be becoming a professional certification agency. Discusses standards-based scoring, local certification versus national certification, individual applications…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Teachers, Professional Development, Standards
Haney, Walt – 1978
Remarks made at several panel discussions are summarized in this narrative report. The discussion topics and speakers include: (1) public education and testing--Tom Tomlinson, Ann Kahn, Herb Mack, and Jean Nazzaro, with remarks by Patricia Albjerg Graham; (2) standards regarding testing--Walt Haney, Barbara Lerner, Ann Cook, Willo White, and Bob…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Testing, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedFulcher, Glenn; Bamford, Ron – System, 1996
Examines standards in language testing, in the context of the legal framework of the United States and the United Kingdom. The article argues that research into test reliability and validity by testing bodies in the United States has a legal basis and examines areas in which examination boards offering English as a foreign language tests in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Court Litigation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Guidepost, 1978
This statement presents the position of and addresses the needs of the professional members of the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA) divisions and regions. The seven sections discuss: (1) the development of the statement; (2) guidelines for avoiding charges of irresponsible practice; (3) qualifications of test users (those who…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Counselors, Examiners, Information Utilization
Download full textLinn, Robert L. – 1994
Although the use of test results to demonstrate educational shortcomings is important, tests and assessments are also expected to be an instrument of reform. In fact, they are often expected to provide the primary means of creating educational reform. The minimum competency testing movement and the expansion of the use of test results for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Equal Education
