STANDARDIZED TEST - AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL [motion picture]
Series: MCIS film collection
Place of publication: Calvin Productions and University of Kansas, c1960
Number of pages: 22
Description: Discusses and explains the standardized test as a valuable tool for the teacher who understands its proper context in the educational environment. Demonstrates the use of the standardized test by an eighth-grade teacher who needs sympathetic and reliable information about the reading skills of her class in order that she may adapt her instruction to meet individual needs. Follows the teacher as she selects a suitable test, administers the test, and interprets and uses the results. Reviews the criteria of test selection; test objectives; practical factors of cost, time and alternate forms; and technical factors of reliability, validity, and norming. In discussing test administration places emphasis upon standardized administration. Explains scoring and clarifies the terms range, median, mean, error of measurement, scale score and grade equivalent score. Concludes with a review of test usefulness and factors influencing selection.
Notes: Miami University's MCIS film collection