Criterion Test of Basic Skills

Criterion Test of Basic Skills
Author: Kerth Lundell
Publisher: Academic Therapy Publications
Total Pages:
Release: 1974-08-01
Genre: Achievement tests
ISBN: 9780878791545

This instrument provides a criterion-referenced assessment of reading and arithmetic skills. The Reading subtest assesses basic academic skills in the following areas: letter recognition, letter sounding, blending, sequencing, special sounds, and sight reading. The Arithmetic subtest assesses skills in these areas: number and numerical recognition, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Each part of the test offers optional objectives for evaluation. The manual contains more than 200 teacher-directed, independent, and peer-tutoring activities correlated to the skill areas assessed, and arranged according to increasing difficulty.

Criterion-referenced Test Development

Criterion-referenced Test Development
Author: Sharon A. Shrock
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2008-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 047041040X

Criterion-Referenced Test Development is designed specifically for training professionals who need to better understand how to develop criterion-referenced tests (CRTs). This important resource offers step-by-step guidance for how to make and defend Level 2 testing decisions, how to write test questions and performance scales that match jobs, and how to show that those certified as ?masters? are truly masters. A comprehensive guide to the development and use of CRTs, the book provides information about a variety of topics, including different methods of test interpretations, test construction, item formats, test scoring, reliability and validation methods, test administration, a score reporting, as well as the legal and liability issues surrounding testing. New revisions include: Illustrative real-world examples. Issues of test security. Advice on the use of test creation software. Expanded sections on performance testing. Single administration techniques for calculating reliability. Updated legal and compliance guidelines. Order the third edition of this classic and comprehensive reference guide to the theory and practice of organizational tests today.

Goodbye To Excellence

Goodbye To Excellence
Author: Mitchell Lazarus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2019-03-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429728212

In recent years, concern over high school graduates who could not balance checkbooks or read directions has led many states to require students to pass minimum competency tests before receiving their diplomas. This, legislators believe, will again make diplomas meaningful, as well as promote better education. Dr. Lazarus points out that any testing scheme creates inequities and that these tests are of special concern due to the emphasis society places on high school graduation; a just society cannot accept their potential to mark a student for life. The problem, he believes, is that society cannot agree on the goals of education, making relevant testing difficult. He also questions whether such testing will produce better curricula and notes that, while more emphasis on the basics may be needed, undue stress on them may weaken other parts of the curricula. He concludes that the goals of minimum competency testing are laudable, but that implementation may do long-term damage to education.