ERIC Number: ED268297
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Aug-31
Pages: 518
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Develop and Field Test Written and Performance Student Achievement Measures for Gardening-Groundskeeping and Landscape Operations. Final Report.
Maday, John
A project was conducted in Florida between October 1, 1984, and August 31, 1985, to develop and field test criterion-referenced tests in the occupational areas of gardening/groundskeeping and landscape operations. The test instruments were constructed around the performance standards developed by the Florida Department of Vocational Education. These standards were first validated by incumbents in the field and a task analysis was constructed for all the standards verified. As a result of the project, two multiple-choice written tests of 193 questions each and performance standards to assess a student's competency in the occupational area of gardening-groundskeeping and landscape occupations and one test of 56 questions covering landscaping tasks not covered in the first two were constructed. The bulk of this document consists of appendices including the task list for gardening-groundskeeping and the two forms of the mastery tests for that occupation; a task list and mastery test for landscape operations and performance tests for six jobs that must be demonstrated; a description of the field test sites; item analyses tables; and task analyses for the gardening-groundskeeping and landscape operations occupations. (KC)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational Education.
Authoring Institution: Florida Univ., Gainesville. Dept. of Agricultural and Extension Education.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A