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Download full textScriven, Michael – 1991
An alternative to multiple-choice testing is suggested for educational assessment. The use of what is called "multiple-rating items" is proposed. A multiple-rating item calls for the examinee to rate all of a set of things instead of picking one as with a multiple-choice item. The respondent has to provide a specific rating of each…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1990
The 45 tests in this bibliography cover a wide span of age and grade levels. In addition to tests which assess various library skills, there are also measures that evaluate study skills, such as using maps, charts, tables, and graphs. Some of the measures are part of an achievement battery. This document is one in a series of topical…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1986
The International Association of Personnel Management Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Association of Personnel Management devoted to individuals involved in professional level public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1986 conference are provided. The…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Clermont-Warren Service Delivery Area #12, OH. – 1990
A project coordinated through Job Training Partnership Act programs and local educational organizations in Clermont and Warren Counties of Ohio attempted to identify persons in the clerical field who were unemployed or whose employment opportunities were limited by a lack of technological skills. A commercially developed assessment was used with…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Hartigan, John A., Ed.; Wigdor, Alexandra K., Ed. – 1989
Undertaken at the request of the U.S. Employment Service (USES), this study assesses the validity and fairness of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). The U.S. Department of Labor is considering whether to promote the use of the GATB throughout the USES to screen many of the 19 million persons passing through the system annually in search of…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Employment, Job Placement, Minority Groups
Hankins, Brenda J.; Hancock, James J. – 1984
A content validity study of the National Teacher Examination (NTE) was conducted by Educational Testing Service for the Mississippi State Board of Education. Its purposes were: (1) to assess the NTE's appropriateness as a measure of knowledge acquired through teacher preparation programs and required as a qualification to teach in Mississippi; and…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Tests, State Boards of Education
Froman, Robin D.; Owen, Steven V. – 1984
Nursing curricula and licensing examinations have shifted toward the skills and processes of nursing. When these components are overhauled, their predictive relationship must be reexamined. This research tests the causal influence of several antecedent and achievement variables on licensure test performance. A path model is developed from a theory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Certification, College Entrance Examinations
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This report is intended to assist those agencies considering using California's Probation Officer Examination as a tool for selecting personnel. It is intended to provide agencies with guidance in setting test cutoff scores rather than an exhaustive discussion of all of the factors that must be considered before setting cutoff scores for actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Occupational Tests
Cope, Ronald T. – 1986
Comparisons were made of three Angoff Design V linear equating methods (two forms equated to a common test, two forms predicted by a common test, or two forms used to predict a common test) and Tucker's and R. Levine's linear methods, under common item linear equating with non-equivalent populations. Forms of a professional certification test…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Higher Education
Oregon State Dept. of Human Resources, Salem. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Waiter/Waitress (Informal) is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research, (2) fairness to minorities, and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training as…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Hospitality Occupations, Job Analysis
1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Refinery Operator is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training in refinery operator…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Analysis, Occupational Tests
Backman, Margaret E.; And Others – 1975
Test takers' preferences for group versus individual administration of the Micro-TOWER System of Vocational Evaluation are reported. The system was administered to 211 clients at a vocational rehabilitation center, and consisted of work samples measuring the following job skills: record checking, filing, lamp assembly, message-taking, zip coding,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Group Testing, Individual Testing, Occupational Tests
Turner, William H. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1975
Utilizes the Kuder Interest Blank to identify some of the characteristics held in common by successful admissions officers. The research also suggests the development of an "admissions key" to the Kuder, which will permit the selection and guidance of potential admissions officers. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Admissions Counseling, Admissions Officers
Hoyman, Ronald D. – 1978
A study was conducted to provide information and representative examples necessary for the establishment of administrative procedures required in conducting a statewide program to assess the occupational competency of vocational-technical instructors. The data used in the study was obtained from a review of the current literature, samples of forms…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Masters Theses, Occupational Tests, Performance Criteria
McCray, Paul – 1979
The purpose of this publication is to review each of the Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association sample testing standards as well as to provide insight and understanding into the underlying purposes of the guidelines. The first of three sections focuses on those standards designed to insure that a work sample actually measures what…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Job Performance, Job Skills, Occupational Tests
