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Download full textFarr, S. David; Subkoviak, Michael J.
This handbook for training program evaluators provides background information and practice activities in the following areas: (1) measurement: purposes, ideals, possibilities; (2) defining measurement domains; (3) person and item sampling; (4) test and item selection--with a selected list of standardized tests with pertinent information on each,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classroom Observation Techniques, Guides, Item Sampling
Morgan, Penelope; And Others – 1976
Fourteen criteria used to evaluate criterion referenced tests were assigned two sets of weights reflecting the characteristics of tests designed as a classroom resource or for program evaluation. Twenty eight currently available criterion referenced tests were rated against the criteria using each set of weights. A comparison of the scores…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Kosecoff, Jacqueline; Fink, Arlene – 1976
This report represents the results of an investigation of the appropriateness of criterion-referenced tests (CRTS) for large-scale evaluations. First, the development and validation of CRTS, including the formulation and generation of CRT objectives, items, and score-interpretation schemes and dimensions of item and test quality, were examined to…
Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Feasibility Studies, Program Effectiveness
Maxson, Christie; Gray, Norma, Ed. – 1989
This collection of 66 assessment instrument profiles was compiled to address the issue of multidisciplinary evaluation of infants and toddlers, aged birth through 2 years, and the identification of family needs. Six categories of instruments are included: (1) developmental screening, (2) developmental tests, (3) specific screening, (4) specific…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Family Status
Peer reviewedTaber, Gary Davisson; Pfister, Guenter G. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1977
This article examines what types of language tests are suitable in evaluating instructional programs in testing for educational accountability. Norm-referenced measurements are found unsuitable for this purpose; new, criterion-referenced tests must be developed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Language Instruction
Klein, Stephen P.; Kosecoff, Jacqueline P. – 1975
A procedure for in-depth analysis of a limited number of tests being considered for selection by a school, district, project, or state personnel is described. This procedure involves listing the objectives that it would be desirable to measure determining the relative importance of each of these objectives, having "judges" match test items to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Stonehill, Robert M.; Fishbein, Ronald L. – 1979
The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) was mandated to meet the requirements of the 1974 amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It was hoped that TIERS would lead to a clear report of the effectiveness of Title I programs, based upon a synthesis of nationwide data. It has been extremely difficult to compare…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Black, Talbot, Ed. – 1979
Eleven author contributed papers presented at a 1978 conference on measuring the growth and development of young handicapped children are presented. N. Anastasiow presents a rationale for measurement in his paper "A Philosophical Perspective: Why Measure Child Progress?'" Seven papers address instrument selection: "Screening, Diagnosis, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children, Infants
Seaman, Don F.; Hoffman, Victoria; Chen, Chia-Yin; Dunn, Yvette T. – 2001
The Texas "Families First" project was started to accomplish the following: (1) strengthen the capacity of local family literacy projects to design, support, and administer high quality programs by leveraging resources from several agencies in the state; and (2) finalize the indicators of program quality (IPQs) in early childhood…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedWhitehead, Linda C.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
This article draws on experience from Delaware FIRST, a model demonstration project utilizing family assessment for overall project evaluation and program planning for parents and professionals. Instrument selection processes, administration procedures, families's reactions to the process, and usefulness of family assessments in project evaluation…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Family Counseling
Eyken, Willem van der – 1992
This booklet, which was developed for the staff of field projects rather than for professional evaluators or researchers, provides guidelines for evaluating projects which promote activities to enhance the well-being of young children, their families, and their communities. The booklet aims to stimulate ideas and discussion, offers general…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Eyken, Willem van der – 1994
Developed for the staff of field projects, this booklet provides guidelines for evaluating projects to promote activities that will enhance the well-being of young children, their families, and their communities. The booklet aims to stimulate ideas and discussions, offers general principles to help in evaluation, and raises issues that encourage…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
Elliot, Norbert; Zelhart, Paul – 1987
Ways that East Texas State University (ETSU) can establish systematic and continuous program evaluations to conform to accreditation standards for institutional effectiveness are discussed. The historical background to educational evaluation in America is traced, and archetypes for assessment of educational outcomes are considered. Section III of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Programs, Evaluation Methods
Harrison, Don K.; And Others – 1981
This collection of client outcome measures is designed to enhance the program evaluation capacity of state vocational rehabilitation agencies and to assist program evaluators in the selection of appropriate instruments through information about client measures in the areas of functional limitations, client change, client satisfaction, and client…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Daily Living Skills, Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods
Kosecoff, Jacqueline; Fink, Arlene – 1976
The feasibility of using criterion referenced tests (CRTs) in a large-scale evaluation conducted in an effectiveness evaluation context was investigated. The study began by examining the theory that structures the development and validation of CRTs to discover whether, on theoretical grounds alone, CRTs are suitable or not suitable for large-scale…
Descriptors: Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Feasibility Studies
