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Invitational Conference on Testing Problems (New York, October 28, 1967) DOCUMENT RESUME ED 080 541 TM 003 046 TITLE Invitational Conference on Testing Problems (New York, October 28, 1967).. INSTITUTION Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.. PUB DATE 28 Oct 67 NOTE 139p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Computer Assisted Instruction; *Conference Reports; *Curriculum Development; Individualized Curriculum; *Instructional Innovation; Intelligence Tests; *Measurement; Professional Education; Program Evaluation; Public Policy; Simulation; Statistical Analysis; *Testing Problems; Test Interpretation ABSTRACT The 1967 Invitational Conference on Testing 'obiems dealt with various aspects of change in education,Papers pr-5ented in Session I, Evaluation and Research in Curriculum Development, were:(1) "Adapting the Elementary School Curriculum to Individual Performance" by Robert Glaser, and (2)"An Evaluation Model for Professional Education--Medical Education" by Christine H..McGuire. Papers given in Session II, New Approaches to Instruction, were: (1) "Computer-Based Instruction in Initial Reading" by Richard C. Atkinson, and (2) "Academic Games and Learning" by James S..Coleman.. The luncheon address was "Testing and Public Policy" by William Gorhan..Papers preSented at Session III, Measurement Systems, were: (1) "Sample-free Test Calibration and Person Measurement" by Benjamin D. Wright, (2) "Reformation through Measurement in Secondary Education" by Paul R. Lohnes, and (3) "Surveys Undertaken by the Scottish Council for Research in Education" by David A..Walker. (KM) FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY U S OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EOUCATION & WELFARE 1.---1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION FH.../ THIS 00CuMENT, HAS BEEN REPRO DucED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM 1.n- THE PERSON OR OPGAN,ZATIoN ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIER' OR OPINIONS (=) STATED 00 NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OD EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY C) 12' C:1 C 31, I Mir Ital .n t.1-...Le Oil_ -1-e. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY- RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY /6 TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN- STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO. DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE. OUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER" 404 4..41 FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY Copyright 1968 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Catalog Number 47.11220 Printed in the United States of America I3111-Iri:tavtaciamail. ICCIOLILIECOLCMILCco com:k. Teosibiza.IN U.1 Prfailkilleom.m October 28, 1967 Hotel Roosevelt New York City BENJAMIN S. BLOOM Chairman E DUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE Princeton, New Jersey Berkeley, California E vanston, Illinois lairr'S Board. of "IJrnui..siteles 196°74BEt P James A. Perkins, Chairman Melvin W. Barnes Roger W. Heyns John T. Caldwell John D. Mil lett Launor F. Carter Richard Pearson John J. Corson Wendell H. Pierce Robert F. Goheen William L. Press ly Samuel B. Gould Logan Wilson Caryl P. Haskins Stephen J. Wright MTIES C±Viclearos Henry Chauncey, President William W. Turnbull, Executive Vice President Henry S. Dyer, Vice President John S. Helmick, Vice President Samuel J. Messick, Vice President for Research Charles E. Scholl, Vice President Robert J. Solomon, Vice President G. Dykeman Sterling, Vice President for Finance Joseph E. Terral, Vice President David J. Brodsky, Treasurer Catherine G. Sharp, Secretary Thomas A. Bergin. Assistant Treasurer Russell W. Martin, Jr., Assistant Treasurer III INommervarcoreL The 1967 Invitational Conference on Testing Problems focused upon various aspects of change in education. Speakers in the morning ses- sions were concerned with radically new approaches to instruction as well as the problems of evaluating changes now under way in curricu- lum programs in elementary and medical schools. In the afternoon session, we heard two speakers propose systems of measurement to bring about important changes in test calibration and grading and re- porting procedures in secondary schools. The final speaker of the day, in a review of the surveys conducted by the Scottish Council for Re- search in Education, drew a profile of the changes that have taken place in Scottish education over the past three decades. All in all, it was an exciting program that reflected the progress and the problems that are part of the dynamic nature of education today. We are all indebted to Professor Benjamin Bloom who, as chairman, was responsible for organizing this prograM. I should like also to ex- tend our thanks to the luncheon speaker, Mr. William Gorham, and to the other speakers whose papers made this conference such a success. Henry Chauncey PRESIDENT V Among those who regularly attend the Invitational Conferenceis Pro- fessor E. F. Lindquist, co-founder of the American College TestingPro- gram. He is shown above talking with HenryChauncey (left), President of ETS. Since the original group of 19 educators met in 1936,attendance at the conference has grown steadily. In 1967,841 people attended. Teachers, psychologists, a:td others who participate in the Invitational Conference each year represent a wide range of interests and backgrounds. 3ParValoce Having attended as well as participated in the Invitational Conference on Testing Problems for over two decades, Ifound it enlightening to see the conference from the viewpoint of thechairman. I began by asking for suggestions as to topics and speakers from participants in previous years. More than a hundred suggestions were made, and a number of persons volunteered their services as participants. Since my own interests are in the relation between learning and testing, I attempted to select several speakers likely to focus on these relations. I then looked across the field to find persons whose work represented such advances in testing or education that they should be given an opportunity to be heard by the conference audience. The papers by Glaser and McGuire deal with major programs of education at two very different levels of the educational system elementary school and professional school. Both papers are concerned with the special role of evaluation in very new conceptions of instruc- tion and learning. The papers by Atkinson and Coleman deal with very different ap- proaches to educationso different that testing is so much a part of instruction that separable evaluation procedures make little sense other than for research or demonstration purposes. Quite in contrast is the paper by Lohnes, which suggests how a meas- urement system developed out of the vast store of data inProject TALENT could lead to very new types of education as well as guidance programs. The paper by Walker is very useful in describing how the many surveys conducted by the Scottish Council for Researchin Education evolved, and the impact they have had on the views of education and testing in that country. In his paper, Wright demonstrates a radically new way of calibrat- ing test items and test scores, which could have major consequences for the entire process of test construction and test interpretation. Finally, the presentation at luncheon by Gorham raises the most fundamental issues of the relation between public policy and the field .of educational testing. It should be pointed out that the Invitational Conference is held in WI such high esteem that each person invited to participate accepted as though a high honor had been conferred on him (or her). These are busy persons in great demand, and their responses to the invitation make it clear that the Invitational Conference provides an audience and a readership which stimulates the participants to their best efforts. Once one has made the hard decisions about Rhich speakers to in- vite, the support of the conference by Educational Testing Service makes the job of the chairman an easy one. Thanks to Anna Dragositz, this work goes so smoothly that the con.zrence seems to be managing itself. Thanks are due to Henry Chauncey and ETS for the freedom given to the chairmen and for the support given to the conference over these many years. It is my fervent hope that the Invitational Conference may long continue to make its important contributions to education and educational testing. Benjamin S. Bloom CHAIRMAN yin a au-t.4e$23. Foreword by Henry Chauncey viiPreface by Benjamin Bloom Session I: Evaluation and Research In Curriculum Dove lopmr r.i 3Adapting the Elementary School Curriculum to individual Performance, Robert Glaser, University of Pittsburgh 37An Evaluation Model for Professional Education-Medical Education, Christine H. McGuire, College of Medicine University of Illinois Session 11: New Approaches to Instruction 66Computer-based instruction in initial Reading, Richard C. Atkinson, Stanford University 67Academic Games and Learning, James S. Coleman, Johns Hopkins University Luncheon Address 76Testing and Public Policy, William Gorham, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Session III: Measurement Systems 1115 Sample-free Test Calibration and Person Measurement, Benjamin D. Wright, University of Chicago 102 Reformation through Measurement in Secondary Education, Paul R. Lohnee, State University of New York at Buffalo 122Surveys Undertaken by the Scottish Council for Research in Education. David A. Walker, The Scottish Council for Research In Education Niamx wy.,...11M0001IWAMII 4 444 4'4 "44444 '44'4 4.'44.444'4"44'4'°'4,, "44 4. '.44,^"."4,44.^.4",W^,I,M4,"'",`,",,, I Adapting the Elementary School Curriculum to Individual Performance* ROBERT GLASER University of Pittsburgh Forty-two years ago, the twenty-fourth Yearbook
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