A study was conducted to determine if there was a significant mean difference in achievement, as measured by the Advanced Test of the Graduate Record Examination or the Field Test of the Undergraduate Assessment Program, between six departments at the main campus and six departments at the extension campus of Florida Southern College. The…

A group of 126 University of Washington seniors, consisting of 59 women and 67 men, voluntarily retook their precollege aptitude test battery to complete an experimental "College Graduate Survey." The entrance test performance is assumed to be the intellectual level of university freshmen who progress at a normal rate and graduate in 4 years. In…

This paper starts from the assumption that the typical grading systems used by most American secondary schools need overhauling and discusses the implementation of an alternative student evaluation system that is individualized, noncompetitive, and nonpunitive. Most of the paper describes a performance-based, criterion-referenced student…

A research project is described which, using Gardner and Lambert's scales plus 10 other instruction-related items, sought: (1) to examine the stability of attitudes, as changes might occur from the beginning of a course to its end; (2) subsequently, to draw inferences as to the impact that a German language and/or culture course might have on…

Serious drawbacks can be cited for almost every form of student performance evaluation. The typical A-B-C-D report seldom tells anything really meaningful; the arguments against this system are many--unless you have straight A offspring. Written comments or reports are good if they tell, in a meaningful way, what the student is accomplishing in…

The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence as to whether the observed achievement gap between low and high socio-economic-status (SES) children remains unchanged, increases or decreases with increasing age, and to determine the consistency of statistical methods for measuring growth. Four methods of measuring change in achievement…

An Honors-Pass-Fail (H-P-F) grading system was introduced experimentally to replace A-B-C-F grading in all graduate education courses. H-P-F was more effective than A-B-C-F grading in distinguishing between exceptional and average student achievement. The percentage of highest possible grades declined from 50 percent A's to about 25 percent H…

A description is provided of comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM), a tool which enables classroom teachers to function as researchers and evaluators. Part I reviews the CAM philosophy and the section following discusses computerized feedback in CAM operations. The final two portions of the report describes the use of CAM in mathematics…

The major hypothesis was that students whose teachers received training in the use of media would attain higher mean achievement scores than students whose teachers received no media training. Testing of third-grade students in reading, language arts, arithmetic, and intelligence did not support the hypothesis. However, teachers who had been…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether motor inhibition, self-control, relationship with achievement model, dependency, self-concept, delay of gratification, and risk-taking constitute an achievement motivation construct for migrant preschool children. The subjects used to determine the relationship between the 7 traits and achievement…

This study investigates the pass/fail (P/F) grading system. A sample of 154 Indiana University students was interviewed. Half of the group, 77 students, had not taken any P/F courses. Of the remaining 77 students, 42% had taken only one P/F course and most of the rest from two to five courses. Results of the student interview questionnaire…

The purpose of this report is to provide the public with information regarding the average scores on the educational assessment measures of all public school districts in Michigan. The information provides a general indication of areas within the local school district which may need closer study. The report is comprised of four sections and three…

Discusses some problems in the rating of achievement in auditory understanding, as well as types of exercises for the teaching of English in general and for specific professions. (IFS/WGA)

Students' standardized test scores do little to gauge school program effectiveness. This article suggests that improving the data for monitoring schools, accounting for schools' varying financial picture, and relating outcomes to features capable of being changed will enhance program evaluation and school management. Some state efforts in this…

Marking strategies used in the Danish school system from the compulsory Folkeskole level through higher education are described, with emphasis on "the 13-Scale." Problems, impacts, recent developments, and trends in marking strategies and the communication of their meaning are discussed. (BS)