Classroom Implications of Criterion-Referenced Tests. Curriculum--Instruction--Evaluation.

Autor/in	Popham, W. James
Institution	Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA.
Titel	Classroom Implications of Criterion-Referenced Tests. Curriculum--Instruction--Evaluation.
Quelle	(1976), (10 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Academic Achievement; Achievement Tests; Criterion Referenced Tests; Curriculum Evaluation; Educational Assessment; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Needs; Guides; Norm Referenced Tests; Standardized Tests; Test Results; Test Selection; Testing Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testauswahl
Abstract	Criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests are compared, and norm-referenced tests are found to have inadequacies as a basis for evaluation or instructional improvement. Disadvantages of norm-referenced tests, which measure a student's performance relative to the performance of other students, are: (1) mismatches between local curriculum and what is measured by standardized tests; (2) anxiety and frustration caused by imprecise knowledge of needed skills improvement; and (3) tendency to omit test items which measure the knowledge teachers consider most important, in order to obtain a large degree of response variance. Advantages of well-constructed criterion-referenced tests include pinpointing necessary curriculum changes; devising effective instructional sequences to attain needed competencies through task analysis, task description, and practice; and aiding in course evaluation. Criterion-referenced tests may be obtained from one of several sources: commercial test publishers, local school district production, or test development agencies. Attributes of well-constructed criterion-referenced tests include a description of what the measured performance means; a sufficient number of test items to measure each specified behavior, and reliability and validity. (MH)
Anmerkungen	Instructional Objectives Exchange, P. O. Box 24095, Los Angeles, California 90024 ($2.95)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01