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Sheri Bayley – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore student performance, self-ratings of learning and preference, and student comments on a variety of reading quiz formats in a first semester speech-language pathology graduate course. Students from two cohorts (n = 34) completed four types of quizzes: closed-book, open-book, open-note, and collaborative…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Tests, Graduate Students, Courses
Tarasi, Dennis D. – American Biology Teacher, 2020
A consistent challenge for undergraduate instructors is how to properly and objectively assess students who cannot attend regularly scheduled exams. Though many alternatives exist, perhaps the most common strategy is to allow students to take a makeup exam at a different time. Many instructors avoid this option for fear of the students gaining an…
Descriptors: Tests, Scores, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
Woods, Julie Rowland – Education Commission of the States, 2015
While federal law requires students to be tested in math, English-language arts and science in particular grades, states are still struggling to mount the resources and expertise necessary to fully implement college and career readiness standards, let alone new assessments aligned to these higher standards. New assessments are not only more…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Tests, Evaluation Methods, Test Selection
Rapke, Tina – Research in Mathematics Education, 2016
This article describes a study, from a Canadian technical institute's upgrading mathematics course, where students played a role in developing the final closed-book exam that they sat. The study involved a process where students developed practice exams and solutions keys, students sat each other's practice exams, students evaluated classmates'…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Teacher Student Relationship
Sjøberg, Svein – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The PISA project has steadily increased its influence on the educational discourse and educational policies in the now 70 participating countries. The educational debate has become global, and the race to improve PISA-rankings has become high priority in many countries. For governments the PISA-test is a high-stake test. Governments are blamed for…
Descriptors: Governance, High Stakes Tests, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Prado, Elizabeth L.; Hartini, Sri; Rahmawati, Atik; Ismayani, Elfa; Hidayati, Astri; Hikmah, Nurul; Muadz, Husni; Apriatni, Mandri S.; Ullman, Michael T.; Shankar, Anuraj H.; Alcock, Katherine J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: Evaluating the impact of nutrition interventions on developmental outcomes in developing countries can be challenging since most assessment tests have been produced in and for developed country settings. Such tests may not be valid measures of children's abilities when used in a new context. Aims: We present several principles for the…
Descriptors: Test Selection, Media Adaptation, Evaluation, Tests
Herman, Joan L.; Baker, Eva L. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Many schools are moving to develop benchmark tests to monitor their students' progress toward state standards throughout the academic year. Benchmark tests can provide the ongoing information that schools need to guide instructional programs and to address student learning problems. The authors discuss six criteria that educators can use to…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Selection
Griffin, Margaret; And Others – 1972
The purpose of this reference guide is to enable test consumer to identify published measures which may meet their particular needs. The basic features include notations of whether norm data are reported in the test manual; indexes to "Buro's Mental Measurement Yearbooks" or "Reading Tests and Reviews" for evaluation; complete…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Reading, Reading Tests, Test Reviews

Franks, B. Don; And Others – Quest, 1988
The article outlines the physiological and measurement bases for the development of physical fitness tests, raising questions concerning physiological, psychological, and evaluation issues. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Test Construction, Test Selection, Test Validity

Anderson, R. G.; Sandor, B. I. – Education, 1974
Authors have found that the test-like atmosphere of undivided attention and high motivation extant during short quizzes provides the instructor with a unique opportunity to enhance learning. (Editor)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Test Results

Burton, Charles R.; Marosz, Wanda A. – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1977
Described is the construction of a computerized test bank to generate and score tests in college algebra, trigonometry, and intermediate algebra; including a discussion of uses, advantages and disadvantages of computerized testing. (JLH)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Computers, Higher Education
Pool, Donald A.; Brown, Robert – J Consult Clin Psychol, 1970
Evaluates Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) as a rapidly administrable test of intelligence. The PPVT and Doppelt Short Form of the WAIS were given to 150 outpatients. Results suggest clinicians should be cautious in making decisions about patients on the basis of PPVT scores. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests

Furno, Orlando F. – AEDS Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Selection

Wolf, Richard M.; Redl, Vera A. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1985
The authors describe sources of information about tests. They note the existence of test publishers' manuals, Mental Measurement Yearbooks (including online updates), Tests in Print, and computerized databases of the Educational Resources Information Center and the Educational Testing Service. An annotated list of compendia of instruments and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Materials, Test Reviews, Test Selection

Evers, Arne – International Journal of Testing, 2001
Describes the Dutch rating system for test quality, which evaluates a test for seven criteria, and analyses the results of test ratings from the past 18 years. Results show a steady increase in test quality in the Netherlands that can be attributed to use of better tests and declining use of tests of less quality after evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries