Educational Administration and Supervision Commons^™

4. Assessing The Quality Of Teacher Assessment Tests, William A. Mehrens

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

This chapter discusses some of the types of evidences that are appropriate for assessing the quality of teacher-licensure tests. Licensure tests are used to make dichotomous decisions, so reliability estimates of the consistency of decisions are needed. Because the inference of interest has to do with the minimum competency necessary to prevent harm from coming to the clients, it is argued that content validity is the type of validity evidence most appropriate for licensure tests. However, evidences for criterion-related validity, construct validity and "curricular validity" are also discussed. The issue of whether the cut score on a licensure test should …

11. The Assessment Of Teacher Assessment: Concluding Thoughts And Some Lingering Questions, James V. Mitchell Jr.

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

In a recent update on teacher testing practices across the United States, Rudner (1988) reported that 44 states have developed teacher-certification-testing programs, with 26 states currently testing prospective teachers as a certification requirement and another 18 states scheduled to implement such programs in the near future. It is obvious that teacher testing has become a very extended endeavor- It has also stimulated extended debate.

It was in acknowledgment of the importance of this extended teacher testing and associated debate that the Advisory Committee of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements decided to devote its 1987 annual symposium to the topic …

1990-91 Unopa General Meeting Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

No abstract provided.

1990-91 Unopa Executive Board Minutes

UNOPA: Minutes

No abstract provided.

News, 1990, Delivee L. Wright

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

Membership Renewals

Bright Ideas Booklet and 1990-91 Membership Directory

Member Dialogue/Letters

A Sad Note

Positions Open

Items of Interest

Notice

An Informational Brochure About Instructional, Faculty, Organizational Development

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Why Consider a Program?

Common Program Activities

Alternative Program Structures

The POD Network in Higher Education

Guidelines For The 1990 Conference Presenters

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

When POD members are asked to describe really good POD concurrent sessions, words such as "interactive," "innovative," "collegial," and "participatory" spring to the lips. In order to have sessions reflect those qualities which POD members value and also to promote some consistency among such diverse and creative presentations, the POD Program Committee asks session presenters to keep in mind the following guidelines.

Conference Information, Tahoe City, California, 1990

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Conference Information

Pre-Conference Workshops

POD Conference Registration Form

Lodging and Transportation Reservation Form

Join The Pod Network

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

What Is the POD Network?

Why Should You Join POD?

How Can POD Help You Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals?

Why Have Others Joined POD?

1989-90 Core Committee

POD Network Application for Membership

POD Network in Higher Education Publications Order Form

An Informational Brochure About Instructional / Faculty / Organizational Development

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Why Consider a Program?

Common Program Activities

Alternative Program Structures

The POD Network in Higher Education

Bright Idea Award Form

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Call For Proposals

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

POD has a 15-year history of supporting faculty, staff, and administrators committed to strengthening the quality of teaching and academic life. Our conference theme this year invites us to examine our profession, reflect on our practice, and renew ourselves as we enter a decade of promise and challenge in higher education.

Call for Proposals

Proposal Guidelines

1990 POD Concurrent National Conference Session Proposal Form

Directory Of Participants

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Conference Flyer: Developing Our Profession And Ourselves As Professionals

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

"Donahue Show" Comes To Pod

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Pod Mystery Game

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Rules

Ode to POD Mystery Game

Round II

Registration Information And Preliminary Conference Schedule

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Welcome to the 15th Annual POD Conference!

Granlibakken Conference Site: Essentials

Reserve Ground Transportation to and from Reno Airport - Form Enclosed

United Airlines Discounts

Pre-Conference Workshops

Get Involved: Publicize Your Program!

Registration and Early Arrivals

Cancellation Policy

Lake Shore Excursion

Bibliography and Guide to Lake Tahoe Area, by Lion Gardiner and Sandy Tomlinson

Pre-Conference Workshop #1

1990 Preliminary POD Conference Schedule

Welcome to Granlibakken

Directory Of Resource Fair Exhibitors

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

15th Annual Conference Program

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Table of Contents

Greetings, by Joanne Gainen Kurfiss (Conference Coordinator), Marilyn Leach (Program Chair), Wini Anderson (Registration Chair)

Conference Theme

Conference Information and Resources

Acknowledgements

POD Executive Directors: Fifteen Years of Service

Theme Index to Conference Sessions

Schedule

Conference-at-a-Glance

Session Presenters

Map of Meeting Rooms

1990 Pod Network National Conference Photos

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Photographs with comments.

Pod Publications List

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Pod Leadership: 15 Years Of Service

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Introduction, by Delivee L. Wright

POD Executive Directors

Past POD Executive Directors

POD Core Committees

Title And Contents, Jane Close Conoley, James Y. Mitchell Jr, Steven L. Wise, Barbara S. Plake

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

Buros-Nebraska Symposium on Measurement & Testing

Contents

Preface vii

1. Face Validity: Siren Song for Teacher-Testers 1
W. James Popham

2. Teacher Performance Assessments: A New Kind of Teacher Examination 15
Edward H. Haertel

3. Improving Teaching Through the Assessment Process 37
Donald M. Medley

4. Assessing the Quality of Teacher Assessment Tests 77
William A. Mehrens

5. Teacher Evaluation in the Organizational Context 137
Linda Darling-Hammond

6. Measuring Performance in Teacher Assessment 183
Richard J. Stiggins

7. Legal and Professional Issues in Teacher Certification Testing: A Psychometric Snark Hunt 209
George F. Madaus

8. Limitations of Using Student Achievement …

7. Legal And Professional Issues In Teacher-Certification Testing: A Psychometric Snark Hunt, George F. Madaus

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

The validation of teacher-certification tests has become a snark hunt. The snark pursued by test contractors however, is not nearly as elusive, nor fanciful as Carroll's shadowy beast. Their snark is a "legally defensible" test. Test contractors are-merely from nervousness (not from goodwill)-marching along shoulder to shoulder with jurists. I will argue that hunting the shadowy snark through the dark wood of the court room cheapens the conceptualization of validity and delimits the conduct of validation studies to minimalist exercises designed to obtain a positive result.

I start from the basic premise that the most important feature of any test …

Author Index

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

Author Index (8 pages)

A-Z

A

Abeles, S., 18,35
Aburto, S., 22, 34
Acheson, K. A., 311, 326
Adams, N. E., 173,176
Adams, P. T., 47, 75
Aickin, M., 217, 257
Airasian, P. W., 283, 303
Alabama State Board of Education, 81, 129
American Educational Research Association, 8, 14, 28, 34, 83, 85, 86, 88, 97, 98, 102, 105, 106, 107, 109, 119, 125, 126, 127,129,227,246,247,256,267,268, 269, 277, 282, 286, 298, 300, 359, 375
American Psychological Association, 8, 14, 28,34,83, 85, 86, 88, 92, 97, 98 , 102, 105, 106, 107, 109, 119, 125, 126, 127, 129,227,246,247,256,267,268,269, 277,282, 286, 298, …

Subject Index

Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession

Subject Index (6 pages)

A-Z

A

AASPB,114
Academic Learning Time (ALT), 324
Administrators, 316-317, 321, 324 See also Principals
Admissions Research, 45-46
Adverse Impact, 217-225, 227
Affective Variables, 355-356
Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody, 217, 232
Allen v. The Alabama State Board of Education, 129, 214-215, 227, 232, 234-236, 238, 241n, 242, 248
Applied Testing, 242-245, 255
Appraisal Reform, 330, 341
Arkansas Educational Skills Assessment (AESA), 11

...

WY

Washington v. Davis, 228-231
Wesman Personnel Classification Test (WPCT),104
Wisdom, 41, 48
Wisdom of Practice, 23
Withitness, 51, 61
Work Environment Variables, 272
York v. Mobile, 238n

Editorial Matter 1990

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Foreword, by Linda Hilsen, Editor

Contents

Faculty Development Through Faculty Luncheon Seminars: A Case Study Of Carnegie Mellon University, Susan A. Ambrose

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Background

Genealogy of the Sessions

Outcomes

Conclusions

References

Senior Faculty Career Attitudes: Implications For Faculty Development, Robert A. Armour, Barbara S. Fuhrmann, Jon F. Wergin

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Method

Findings

Satisfaction

Personal and Career Matters

Disciplinary Differences

Minority Differences

Gender Differences

Discussion

Implications for Faculty Development

References

The Faculty Developer As Witchdoctor: Envisioning And Creating The Future, Sally S. Atkins, Jon A. Hageseth, Ellen L. Arnold

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

From Production Toward Personal Meaning

From Individualism Toward Interconnectedness

From Centralization Toward Community and Personal Responsibility

From Science Toward Spirituality

Conclusion

References