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Wikstrom, Christina – Educational Research, 2009
In this commentary, the author discusses some of the issues she finds interesting from a Swedish perspective, and also makes some comparisons between the systems. The English and Swedish education and assessment systems have some fundamental differences, but also similarities. Some are becoming even more evident after learning about the…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Grenwelge, Cheryl H. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2009
The Woodcock Johnson III Brief Assessment is a "maximum performance test" (Reynolds, Livingston, Willson, 2006) that is designed to assess the upper levels of knowledge and skills of the test taker using both power and speed to obtain a large amount of information in a short period of time. The Brief Assessment also provides an adequate…
Descriptors: Test Results, Knowledge Level, Testing, Performance Tests
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Wahls, Terry L.; Cram, Peter – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Numerous studies have identified that delays in diagnosis related to the mishandling of abnormal test results are an import contributor to diagnostic errors. Factors contributing to missed results included organizational factors, provider factors and patient-related factors. At the diagnosis error conference continuing medical education conference…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Test Results, Focus Groups, Patients
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Luerding, R.; Weigand, T.; Bogdahn, U.; Schmidt-Wilcke, T. – Brain, 2008
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disorder of unknown aetiology, characterized by chronic widespread pain, stiffness and sleep disturbances. In addition, patients frequently complain of memory and attention deficits. Accumulating evidence suggests that FM is associated with CNS dysfunction and with an altered brain morphology. However, few studies have…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Test Results, Pain, Sleep
McCluskey, Neal – Cato Institute, 2010
The argument for national curriculum standards sounds simple: set high standards, make all schools meet them, and watch American students achieve at high levels. It is straightforward and compelling, and it is driving a sea change in American education policy. Unfortunately, setting high standards and getting American students to hit them is…
Descriptors: Evidence, National Curriculum, Economic Progress, Free Enterprise System
Rosenkvist, Morten A. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning using student test results in OECD countries. Initially the report provides an overview of how student test results are reported in OECD countries and how stakeholders in these countries use and perceive of the results. The report then reviews the literature relating to using student test…
Descriptors: Test Results, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Literature Reviews
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Braun, Henry; Chapman, Lauren; Vezzu, Sailesh – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2010
This study examines trends in Black student achievement and in the Black-White achievement gap over the period 2000 to 2007, employing data from ten states drawn from the NAEP Grade 8 mathematics assessments. Results are obtained for three levels of aggregation: the state, school poverty stratum within the state, and schools within poverty…
Descriptors: African American Students, Test Results, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Parveva, Teodora; De Coster, Isabelle; Noorani, Sogol – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This study produced by the Eurydice network gives a detailed picture of the context and organisation of national tests in 30 European countries and the use made of test results in informing education policy and practice and in guiding the school career of pupils. It presents the diverse choices made by European countries regarding the objectives,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, National Competency Tests, Testing, Students
Sutton Trust, 2009
One of the defining characteristics of countries, such as the United Kingdom, with low social mobility are stark, persistent gaps in the school results between children from deprived backgrounds and their more advantaged counterparts. Far from acting as the great social leveler, education systems can perpetuate inequalities, and enable the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools
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Zhang, Ying; Elder, Catherine – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2009
The College English Test-Spoken English Test is a nationwide spoken English test designed to assess the oral communicative ability of Chinese university and college students who have undertaken compulsory English study at a Chinese university. This article describes the test and evaluates it in terms of reliability, validity, authenticity,…
Descriptors: Test Results, Language Tests, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
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McLaughlin, Don; Bandeira de Mello, Victor; Blankenship, Charles; Chaney, Kassandra; Esra, Phil; Hikawa, Hiro; Rojas, Daniela; William, Paul; Wolman, Michael – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
In late January through early March of 2003, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grade 4 and 8 reading and mathematics assessments were administered to representative samples of students in approximately 100 public schools in each state. The results of these assessments were announced in November 2003. Each state also carried…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Achievement Tests, Grade 4
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2008
At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the past have mastered the formal "basic" writing skills needed to express ideas or share information, national assessment results released last week show. But just small proportions--33…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Grade 8, Writing Skills, Grade 12
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Ferrara, Steve; Perie, Marianne; Johnson, Eugene – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2008
Psychometricians continue to introduce new approaches to setting cut scores for educational assessments in an attempt to improve on current methods. In this paper we describe the Item-Descriptor (ID) Matching method, a method based on IRT item mapping. In ID Matching, test content area experts match items (i.e., their judgments about the knowledge…
Descriptors: Test Results, Test Content, Testing Programs, Educational Testing
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Froseth, James O. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1971
Descriptors: Music Education, Test Results
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Simpson, C. Dene; Vega, Arthur – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Test Results
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