DOCUMENT RESUME TM 025 743 van der Linden, Wim J. Assembling Tests for the Measurement of Multiple Abilities. Twente Univ., Enschede (Netherlands). Dept. of Education. RR-95-03 Dec 95 39p. Bibliotheek, Faculty of Educational Science and Technology, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. *Ability; *Esti...

The purpose of the study was to demonstrate a quantitative evaluation of the educational impact of HIV pretest counseling. Two cohorts of clients exposed to different counseling methodologies were evaluated. The clients completed questionnaires before and after counseling. Responses were scored and compared, and a quantitative measure of educational impact reached. Quantitative educational chan...

The main problem of the educational evaluation validity is that it just copies the conceptual framework system of validity from educational measurement to its own conceptual system. The validity conceptual system that fits the need of theory and practice of educational evaluation has not been established yet. According to the inherent attributive character of educational evaluation, this paper ...

The Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT) is a cognitive test to measure executive function. Longitudinal studies have shown that repeated testing improves performance on the RFFT. Such a practice effect may hinder the interpretation of test results in a clinical setting. Therefore, we investigated the longitudinal performance on the RFFT in persons aged 35-82 years. Performance on the RFFT was meas...

This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 2000. We discuss the estimation method for the measures of educational attainment and relate our estimates to alternative internation...