Author : Paul A. Bott
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
The need for a complete reference to occupational and technical testing and assessment has been met. This text ties theory and practice together across all occupational areas.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1428920706
Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,66 MB
Release : 1994-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780788110399
Provides a picture of general progress in vocational educ. assessment instrument and policies. This report traces the evolution of federal accountability requirements in vocational education law; profiles current state testing and assessment policies; to analyze state assessment policies and practices; describes some of the testing and assessment resources available to measure occupational skills; explores alternative approaches for teaching and measuring technical skills; and describes how the Dept. of Education has implemented performance standards.
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Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 45,64 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN :
This background paper provides a picture of general progress in vocational education assessment instruments and policies. Chapter 1 explains the paper's purposes and presents a summary of its contents. Chapter 2 traces the evolution of federal accountability requirements in vocational education law and explains the intent of the 1990 provisions. Chapter 3 profiles current state testing and assessment policies in vocational education. It analyzes how state assessment policies and practices are changing in response to Perkins Act requirements and considers how these changes could affect both other reforms in vocational education and the nature of learning and instruction in vocational education itself. Chapter 4 describes some testing and assessment resources available to measure various kinds of occupational skills, including tests developed by three main vendors. Chapter 5 explores alternative approaches for defining, teaching, and measuring broad technical skills and highlights issues that should be considered in moving toward assessments that meet needs identified by Congress. Chapter 6 describes how the U.S. Department of Education has implemented performance standards. One appendix lists legislative milestones related to accountability in federal vocational education programs. Another appendix explains acronyms. (YLB)
Author : MPR Associates, Inc
Publisher :
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category :
ISBN :
States are using a variety of approaches to assess secondary students' career technical education (CTE) skill attainment under Perkins. According to data reported in the U.S. Department of Education's "Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2002-03," states and territories are currently using the following approaches to collect performance data for the CTE skill attainment measure: (1) National/State/Local Assessment Systems--30 states; (2) Grade Point Average in Occupational Subjects--9 states; (3) Program Completion--8 states; and (4) Course Completion--7 states. This paper summarizes three strategies that states are using to quantify students' CTE skill holdings: national assessments systems; state developed occupationally specific, end-of-course or program exams; and state-developed, occupationally generic, end-of-program exams. The paper also profiles collection systems in a subset of states representative of each assessment approach. State profiles detail the: (1) primary characteristics of state assessment systems; (2) process and cost of developing assessments; (3) test administration policies and procedures; and (4) the potential portability of these systems to other states. This information is intended to help inform policy discussions that will occur at an upcoming, OVAE-sponsored conference on student CTE skill assessment hosted by the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education. Appended are: (1) State Data Collection Instrument; (2) Catalog of NOCTI [National Occupational Competency Testing Institute] Job Readiness Assessments; (3) Profiles of States Using National Assessment Systems; (4) Profiles of States Using State-Developed, Occupationally Specific End-of-Course or Program Assessment Systems; and (5) Profiles of State Using State-Developed, End-of-Program Assessments. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [This paper is prepared for the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education by the MPR Associates, Inc. and the Academy for Educational Development National Institute for Work and Learning.].
Author : Felix Rauner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 940074725X
The transferability of vocational education and training qualifications across international borders is a live issue in this heterogeneous field. Key to this goal is defining a common methodology for measuring vocational competences. This publication sets out a proposal for just that, based on the results of a pilot project known as ‘COMET’ on competence diagnostics in the field of electrical engineering. The study deploys longitudinal analysis to explore issues of competence development, the development of vocational identity, and occupational commitment. It focuses on two discrete occupational profiles in electrical engineering in an ambitious test of a model currently applied to other professions as well. The model’s success in its first phase is detailed in the second part of the volume, where the authors show that the transfer of the competence framework into an empirical model was successful. They also demonstrate that the methodology can be applied to designing and evaluating vocational education and training processes, making the material relevant to VET teachers and trainers as well as academics. With its first section comprising a full description of the theoretical framework, this book is a significant step forward in an urgent task facing administrations, labor forces and employers around the world. The achievement is in proportion to the notorious complexities of a field whose diversity makes tough demands on large-scale methods of assessment.
Author : John C. Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107124360
This book examines the types of web-based testing applications that exist, their technical requirements, and their acceptability and use in various countries.
Author : John T. Grasso
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
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Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Educational tests and measurements
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Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Competency-based educational tests
ISBN :
This guide is intended to provide vocational administrators with general information about the current state of competency-based test development and specific information about selected products and services that are available or under development. The general information section deals with the types of test products and services that are available (occupation-specific tests, item banks, cognitive tests, performance tests, affective measures, and scoring services), access options (purchase, cost recovery, exchange, consortium membership, testing services, and restrictions), criteria for selecting tests (validity, reliability, criterion-referenced format, appropriateness, currency, local relevance, and convenience and usefulness for local purposes), and procedures for obtaining information (contained in computer databases and print-based resources) about products that are not included in the guide. Specific information is presented in the form of source abstracts describing currently available products and services and an occupation index that cross-references test titles and sources. (MN)
