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Phillips, Gary W. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2015
This article proposes that sampling design effects have potentially huge unrecognized impacts on the results reported by large-scale district and state assessments in the United States. When design effects are unrecognized and unaccounted for they lead to underestimating the sampling error in item and test statistics. Underestimating the sampling…
Descriptors: State Programs, Sampling, Research Design, Error of Measurement
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Camilli, Gregory – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
In the attempt to identify or prevent unfair tests, both quantitative analyses and logical evaluation are often used. For the most part, fairness evaluation is a pragmatic attempt at determining whether procedural or substantive due process has been accorded to either a group of test takers or an individual. In both the individual and comparative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Test Bias, Test Content, Test Format
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Baglin, Roger F. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1988
G. Burket's criticisms regarding calculation and interpretation of group scores on norm-referenced tests are discussed. Burket and Baglin seem to agree on the existence of a problem in the calculation and interpretation of group scores on norm-referenced tests but disagree on the issue of that problem's causes and solutions. (TJH)
Descriptors: Group Testing, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, Testing Problems
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Buktenica, Norman A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Group Testing, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Alliger, R. J.; Harvey, A. L. – 1984
This article discusses practical and theoretical problems related to the measurement of formal operations. The first section of the article discusses problems in measuring formal operations using the clinical interview method. These problems include the lack of both a standardized interview and a uniform scoring procedure. Section two discusses…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Group Testing, Interviews, Objective Tests
Nevo, Barukh – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1976
Freshmen (N=202) took two batteries of aptitude tests 10 months apart. Six pairs of tests were studied. Two pairs were identical, two were parallel, and two were completely different. This design made it possible to separate three components of practice: (a) general test sophistication, (b) specific practice effect, and (c) item familiarization.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Group Testing
Hummel, Dean L. – 1969
Instruments and methods are considered by many the nuts and bolts of school testing programs, for both individuals and groups. Too often, the individual is lost in the machinery of such a school program, and data collected becomes the end product of appraisal and assessment. Programs of student appraisal procedures should be developed around eight…
Descriptors: Group Testing, Guidance Programs, Individual Testing, Program Evaluation
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Bonner, Mary W.; Belden, Bernard R. – Journal of Negro Education, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Group Testing, High School Students
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Trentham, Landa L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Dyer, Henry S. – NJEA Review, 1973
Retired vice-president of Educational Testing Service asserts that chances for tests being misused are greater than ever. Speech delivered at ETS's Invitational Conference on Testing Problems on October 28, 1972, in New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Group Testing, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Test Bias
Williams, Robert L. – Journal of Afro-American Issues, 1975
A description of the rationale and the development of the BITCH-100 (Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity), a culture specific test for the American black population. Experimental evidence is reported on the norming and validation of this instrument and suggestions made as to potential advantages over the traditional testing approach as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests, Group Testing
Batemen, Barbara – J Sch Psychol, 1968
Descriptors: Group Testing, Handicapped Children, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation
Miller, Ann M. – 1973
This paper offers the classroom teacher a positive answer for the test anxious student. The writer developed a group testing strategy which is concerned with ways students learn as well as subject matter testing. This evaluation strategy used successfully in high school and college classes is based on group work principles as applied in the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anxiety, Behavior Change, Educational Testing
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Hillery, Joseph M.; Fugita, Stephen S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Effects of the number of individuals coacting while taking two standardized motor performance tests were examined. Increases in aptitude scores corresponding to increases in group size were predicted based upon the summation hypothesis of social facilitation theory. Results indicated a group size effect. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Group Testing, Job Applicants, Occupational Tests, Performance Factors
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.; Wray, Grace A. – 1969
The purpose of this pictorial practice Test is to prepare pre-primary and beginning first grade children who have not had experience with a group test to do tasks similar to those found on a regular test. The instructions for the practice test stress important cues and directions helpful during test administration, and include the entire dialogue…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Grade 1, Group Testing, Preschool Children
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