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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Testing and Assessment: A Progress Report.
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Baker, Eva L. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Discusses the intellectual history supporting the use of educational testing and describes four current tensions in testing: (1) learning and change versus measurement models; (2) quality of information and policy use; (3) precision versus utility; and (4) individual attainment versus standardized attainment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Testing, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics
Conflicts, Engagements, Skirmishes, and Attempts at Peace.
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Glaser, Robert – Educational Assessment, 2001
Discusses the long-term estrangement of psychology and educational testing, a breach that occurred as a result of differences in the goals of experimental psychologists and correlational psychologists who studied the measurement of aptitude and ability. Discusses the development of a new field merging modern knowledge of cognition and learning and…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Conflict
Assessing Achievement versus High-Stakes Testing: A Crucial Contrast.
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Jones, Lyle V. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Discusses the contrast between assessing achievement for samples of students and the high-stakes testing of all students. High stakes tests can entail harmful direct effects for some individuals and harmful side effects for others. Discusses student engagement in school as a key element of effective schooling. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
A Century of Standardized Testing: Controversies and Pendulum Swings.
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Linn, Robert L. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Traces the history of standardized testing in the United States and reviews the differing views of testing advanced over the years. Illustrates some controversies and pendulum swings evident in two test uses, grade-to-grade promotion and college admissions. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Conflict, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
On the Validity of Cognitive Interpretations of Scores from Alternative Concept-Mapping Techniques.
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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Shavelson, Richard J.; Li, Min; Schultz, Susan E. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Developed a framework for examining cognitive validity claims and used it to evaluate the validity of a "connected understanding" interpretation of three concept mapping techniques used by two teachers and six high school students. Results show that the three mapping techniques provide different pictures of student knowledge and suggest that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Mapping, High School Students, High Schools
The Contribution of Passage and Non-Passage Factors to Item Performance on the SAT Reading Task.
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Katz, Stuart; Lautenschlager, Gary J. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Conducted a regression analysis to assess the contributions of passage and no-passage factors to item variance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test reading comprehension task. Results show that no-passage factors play a larger role than do passage factors, accounting for as much as three-fourths of systematic variance in item difficulty and more than…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Regression (Statistics), Test Items
Assessing Learning in a Technology-Supported Genetics Environment: Evidential and Systemic Validity Issues.
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Hickey, Daniel T.; Wolfe, Edward W.; Kindfield, Ann C. H. – Educational Assessment, 2000
Developed a system for assessing students' reasoning proficiency in introductory genetics in the computer-supported environment GenScope (tm). Studied whether the assessment system helped students develop the understanding it was designed to assess. Results from 11 high school classes showing strong evidential validity and limited consequential…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Genetics