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Direct linkEdiger, Marlow – Education, 2010
Data driven decision making emphasizes the importance of the teacher using objective sources of information in developing the social studies curriculum. Too frequently, decisions of teachers have been made based on routine and outdated methods of teaching. Valid and reliable tests used to secure results from pupil learning make for better…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Social Studies, Standardized Tests
Salend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
Although many teachers are using new technologies to differentiate instruction and administer tests, educators are also employing a range of technology-based resources and strategies to implement a variety of classroom assessments as alternatives to standardized and teacher-made testing. Technology-based classroom assessments focus on the use of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Testing, Educational Technology, Teacher Made Tests
Download full textHolley, Freda M. – 1983
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) became interested in evaluation and testing skills of teachers when district and school averages on competency ratings in the area were among the lowest since 1979. School districts, as well as teacher preparation programs, should devote serious attention to the improvement of these teacher skills. In…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Item Banks, School Districts
Brown, William R. – 1988
The evaluation tools written by teachers are rarely valid or reliable. One teaching aid that can help in the creation of an effective evaluation instrument is called a test map. A test map is a systematic method to consider variables that are important in the construction of the format of a test. Five variables that are discussed in the test…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Student Evaluation
Solomon, Jeff; Rhodes, Nancy – 1995
A project to identify alternative strategies for assessing the academic language of English language learners is reported. First, literature on the concept of academic language is reviewed, and then findings from classroom research are used to propose an alternative conceptualization of academic language, one which focuses on the role of stylistic…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Banta, Trudy W.; Schneider, Janet A. – 1986
This paper briefly presents a history of comprehensive examinations in higher education in the United States, characteristics of comprehensive exams, and the use of such exams in assessing program quality. This paper then focuses on the experience of 11 program faculties at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), that developed and used exit…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Departments
