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Encyclopedia of Special Education : A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional IndividualsAchievement Tests

Encyclopedia of Special Education : A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and... Some examples of commonly used normative achieve- ment tests and their publishers include: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTB/McGraw-Hill), Iowa Tests of Achievement tests are individually or group-administered Basic Skills (Riverside Publishing Company), Kaufman– standardized instruments intended to measure the effec- Test of Educational Achievement Second Edition (Amer- tiveness of former training. Achievement tests are the ican Guidance Service), Stanford Test of Academic Skills dominant form of standardized assessment in education. (Psychological Corporation), and Tests of General Educa- Measures of achievement have been used to evaluate stu- tional Development (GED Testing Service of the American dent performance, school instruction efficacy, candidates Council on Education). for scholarship awards, admission to academic programs, The use of computer aided testing and IRT repre- and applicants for industrial and government employ- sents a new era in achievement testing. For example, ment. Group administered achievement tests are more the ACCU-PLACER (College Board online administration) likely to be employed for the evaluation of a scholastic computerized battery of achievement tests for college level program, whereas individually administered achievement placement is implemented in the placement of hundreds tests are typically used to assist in appropriate grade of thousands of students during each school year (Cole, placement http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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9781118660584
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10.1002/9781118660584.ese0027
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Some examples of commonly used normative achieve- ment tests and their publishers include: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTB/McGraw-Hill), Iowa Tests of Achievement tests are individually or group-administered Basic Skills (Riverside Publishing Company), Kaufman– standardized instruments intended to measure the effec- Test of Educational Achievement Second Edition (Amer- tiveness of former training. Achievement tests are the ican Guidance Service), Stanford Test of Academic Skills dominant form of standardized assessment in education. (Psychological Corporation), and Tests of General Educa- Measures of achievement have been used to evaluate stu- tional Development (GED Testing Service of the American dent performance, school instruction efficacy, candidates Council on Education). for scholarship awards, admission to academic programs, The use of computer aided testing and IRT repre- and applicants for industrial and government employ- sents a new era in achievement testing. For example, ment. Group administered achievement tests are more the ACCU-PLACER (College Board online administration) likely to be employed for the evaluation of a scholastic computerized battery of achievement tests for college level program, whereas individually administered achievement placement is implemented in the placement of hundreds tests are typically used to assist in appropriate grade of thousands of students during each school year (Cole, placement

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