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Download full textCurtis, H. A., Ed. – 1972
Symposium papers presented at an Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (Chicago, 1972), all of which concern banks of test items for use in constructing criterion referenced tests, comprise this document. The first paper, "Locally Produced Item Banks" by Thomas J. Slocum, presents information on the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Conferences, Criterion Referenced Tests
Glass, Gene V. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The items of the Florida minimal competency test have never been validated as measures of "survival skills," and the pass/fail standards were set mindlessly and capriciously. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Hirst, Ben A., Jr. – 1973
Based on the need to develop an outline of the procedures and methods used in vocational education in Florida, which would then form the basis for communication, discussion, and development of a multi-State consortium for the production of performance objectives and criterion measures for occupational education, this report, one of five under a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Consortia
Barbery, Madeline – 1985
This paper describes the development of standardized evaluation procedures for Pasco County's inservice teacher education. Since 1983, legislation requires teacher education centers in Florida to report attainment data based on measurable objectives. Using a classification system adapted from the "Rand Change Agent Study," directors and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Classification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maday, John – 1985
A project was conducted in Florida between October 1, 1984, and August 31, 1985, to develop and field test criterion-referenced tests in the occupational areas of gardening/groundskeeping and landscape operations. The test instruments were constructed around the performance standards developed by the Florida Department of Vocational Education.…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Field Tests
Pasco County District School Board, Land O'Lakes, FL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
This handbook provides assistance with developing evaluation instruments for inservice teacher education components in the Pasco County School District. Its purpose is to facilitate compliance with 1983 Florida legislation requiring the reporting of inservice teacher education attainment data based on measurable objectives. The handbook contains…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Board of Education Policy, Competency Based Teacher Education
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA. – 1988
This notebook contains the following conference presentations: "Identifying and Validating Task Lists by Business and Industry for Test/Test Item Development" (Charles Losh); "Conducting a Task Analysis for Competency-Based Test Item Development" (Brenda Hattaway); "Writing and Reviewing Test Items: Multiple Choice,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
The central purpose of this study was to develop and field test written criterion-referenced tests for the ornamental horticulture component of applied principles of agribusiness and natural resources occupations programs. The test items were to be used by secondary agricultural education students in Florida. Based upon the objectives identified…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
An activity was undertaken to develop written criterion-referenced tests for the common core component of Applied Principles of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations. Intended for tenth grade students who have completed Fundamentals of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations, applied principles were designed to consist of three…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
An activity was undertaken to develop written criterion-referenced tests for the agricultural production component of Applied Principles of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations. Intended for tenth grade students who have completed Fundamentals of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations, applied principles were designed to consist…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
An activity was undertaken to develop written criterion-referenced tests for the agricultural resources component of Applied Principles of Agribusiness and Natural Resources. Intended for tenth grade students who have completed Fundamentals of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations, applied principles were designed to consist of three…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
McGhee, Max B.; Cheek, Jimmy G. – 1983
An activity was undertaken to develop written criterion-referenced tests for each of the instructional areas comprising the Fundamentals of Agribusiness and Natural Resources Occupations Program. Designed to be taught at the ninth grade level, the program consists of six major instructional areas: agribusiness management, animal science, plant…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
