The relationship between GEAR UP program involvement and Latina/o students’ performance on high-stakes tests

To assess the impact of a college preparation program, district-wide changes in high-stakes test pass rates are examined, followed by an examination of specific program elements that are associated with students’ score changes. Changes in pass rates for districts with and without services are compared for the Latina/o and overall student populations. This study also examines the relationship between hours of participation in various elements of the college preparation program and changes in test scores of low-income Latina/o students. Results indicate that key program elements related to improvements in test scores include participation in mentoring and summer programs.     

高职学生机测中“命题说话”项失误分析及对策

普通话机测后出现了很多新问题,特别是第四题＂命题说话＂项,被测人失分增加,严重影响了测试成绩。针对机测后被测人第四项＂命题说话＂失误原因提出了相应的对策。     

Predicting College Performance of American Indians: A Large‐Sample Examination of the SAT

Extensive research has examined the validity and fairness of standardized tests in academic admissions. However, due to their underrepresentation in higher education, American Indians have gained much less attention in this research. In the present study, we examined for American Indian students (1) group differences on SAT scores, (2) the predictive and incremental validity of SAT over high school grades, (3) the effect of socioeconomic status on SAT validity, (4) differential prediction in the use of SAT scores, and (5) potential omitted variables that could explain differential prediction for American Indian students. Results provided evidence of predictive and incremental validity of SAT scores, and the validity of SAT scores was largely independent of socioeconomic status. Overprediction was found when using SAT scores to predict college performance and it was reduced when including high school grades as an additional predictor. This study provides substantial evidence of the validity and fairness of SAT scores for American Indians.     

我国大学教育存在的问题及改革方向分析

目前我国大学考试中存在一些问题，诸如目标测查错位；内部考试标准不高，管理不严；考试功能未全面发挥；考试方式单一；考试中充斥着许多不公平现象等。鉴于此，我国大学考试改革应从五个方面着手；转变考试观；加强对内部考试的管理，充分发挥外部考试的功能，并处理好二的关系；积极探索新的考试管理形式，正确认识考试与素质教育的关系，使考评有机结合起来；提倡乐生教育，逐渐淡化考试。     

Seeking Redemption for Our Psychometric Sins

Many American children are currently receiving a reduced quality education because of the increasingly widespread misuse of educational tests. Employing a religious metaphor, the author argues that members of the educational measurement community are culpable, at least in part, for this calamity. During recent decades, our nation's assessment personnel have failed to speak out vigorously against the increasingly prevalent improper use of traditionally constructed achievement tests to appraise school quality. This absence of action, it is claimed, constitutes a nontrivial sin of omission. To secure absolution for that sin, it is contended that measurement specialists must promote widespread assessment literacy.     

Test Preparation: Examining Teacher Perceptions and Practices

This study analyzed questionnaire and interview data on teachers' practices and perceptions with respect to test preparation. Questionnaire respondents were asked to rate the ethicality of various test-preparation practices and indicate the extent to which they utilize these practices in their instruction. On the basis of questionnaire results, interviews were conducted with a smaller sample of teachers to determine their views on the appropriateness of particular test-preparation practices, and to determine the factors affecting teacher perceptions about a given activity. Contrary to previous empirical work, questionnaire results indicated that neither use of a given practice nor teacher perceptions of the ethicality of the practice vary across levels of student achievement. On the other hand, consistent with previous empirical work, both use and perceptions varied across grade-level configuration. Estimates of the prevalence of particular teacher practices and perceptions were obtained and compared with those from the literature. In addition, dimensions of teacher reasoning were explored, indicating that when considering the appropriateness of a given practice, teachers consider the following factors: score meaning, learning, the potential for raising student scores, professional ethics, equity, and external perceptions.     

SAT Validity for Linguistic Minorities at the University of California, Santa Barbara

The validity of the SAT as an admissions criterion for Latinos and Asian Americans who are not native English speakers was examined. The analyses, based on 1997 and 1998 UCSB freshmen, focused on the effectiveness of SAT scores and high school grade-point average (HSGPA) in predicting college freshman grade-point average (FGPA). When regression equations were estimated based on all students combined, some systematic prediction errors occurred. For language minorities, using only high school grades as a predictor led to predicted FGPAs that tended to exceed actual FGPAs, particularly for Latinos. Including SAT scores in the equation notably reduced prediction bias. Further analyses showed that, while HSGPA had the highest correlation with FGPA for most groups, SAT verbal score was the strongest predictor of FGPA for language minorities in 1998. An overriding conclusion is that combining data across language groups can obscure important test validity information.     

大学生体质与健康标准测试数据结果分析

采用测试法、文献资料法和数理统计法,对宁德范学院大学生体质健康标准测试数据进行分析与研究．结果表明：学生的体质健康状况不容乐观,身体形态发育水平中较轻体重人数占相当比例,影响学生身体机能和素质发展,肺活水平较差,心血管和呼吸系统功能及肌肉耐力呈下降趋势,各项素质能力有待提高．为此,学校应更新教学理念,深化体育教学改革和贯彻落实《国家学生体质健康标准》,提商学生的体质健康．     

对大学生身体素质的跟踪调查

对三年制大学生的跟踪测试表明,入学前的升学压力导致入校的大学生身体素质普遍较差,通过系统的体育课训练后,大学生的身体素质将在三年级有明显提高,而其后由于停开体育课而使大学生身体素质滑坡,此种现象应引起体育课教师注意,并对课时的安排、训练手段等进行调整.     

Are separate room test accommodations effective for college students with disabilities?

Abstract

College students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or learning disabilities are frequently allowed to complete examinations in a separate, distraction-reduced setting. Although separate room test accommodations are believed to provide students with equal access to testing and thereby improve performance, little experimental research has examined their effects on actual test scores. We randomly assigned college students to complete a high-stakes Spanish language placement examination in either a group or separate room setting. Then, we categorized students based on their (1) disability status, (2) history of test accommodations, and (3) self-reported history of test anxiety. Results showed a significant setting x disability status interaction. Contrary to expectations, all students performed equally well in the group setting, but students with disabilities earned significantly lower scores than their classmates without disabilities when tested in a separate room. Similar results were found when we restricted our analyses to students with a history of test accommodations. Separate room testing had no effect on the scores of students with test anxiety. Altogether, our findings suggest that separate room testing does not mitigate the effects of ADHD, learning disabilities, and/or test anxiety on performance and, in some cases, may actually lower test scores.     

关于高校辅导员与90后大学生良好沟通交流问题的思考

本文在分析90后大学生性格特点及存在的沟通障碍基础上,着重阐述高校辅导员与90后大学生实现良好沟通交流的具体途径。     

Study on life education for college students

Due to the social environment of China’s reform and opening up, as well as China’s education system with knowledge impartation as its focus, some college students lack the humanistic care and education of value and significance of life. Universities should plan effective activities to make students realize the importance of life. They should provide students with such education as life conscience, failures in life, the ability to make a living and the values of life in order to have a clearer knowledge of life education, so that the students can set up a positive, healthy and correct life view, realize the value and meaning of life, and finally learn to respect life. __________ Translated from Zhongguo Qingnian Zhengzhi Xueyuan Xuebao 中国青年政治学院学报 (Journal of China Youth College for Political Sciences), 2007, (5): 12–17     

做好大学生就业指导课程的实施方案

大学生就业事关国家振兴、社会稳定和学校发展,随着就业形势日益严峻,如何指导大学生就业变得越来越重要.本文深入分析了目前的社会形势和用人单位对人才的需求条件,明确了大学生就业指导课程的必要性,并对如何做好大学生就业指导课程提出了一些实施方案,明确就业指导应贯穿于大学生活的各个阶段,不同阶段、不同年级的就业指导方向不同,详细提出了各阶段的指导内容.     

独立学院学生身份认同问题研究

本文以"身份认同"这一文化概念的现实通俗层面作为切入点,以独立学院学生这一群体作为研究对象,结合这一群体的特殊性,包括素质水平、教学任务、思想状况、职业规划等,从而探究其身份认同的相关社会性表象和内在机理。     

浅析大学生恋爱现象

80年代以来,国家对大学生恋爱问题由明文禁止转向“不提倡,不反对”,在校大学生恋爱是不可回避的客观现实,探究大学生恋爱现象发展的背景和趋势,了解大学生恋爱观及其心理,分析恋爱现象对大学生的不良影响,并探究教育学生树立正确的恋爱观,提高学生思政工作效果的对策,是高校思政的重要组成部分。     

An assessment of college recruitment literature: Does the high school senior understand it?

This study investigated the reading difficulty level of college recruitment literature and the ability of college-bound high-school students to understand the terminology frequently used in college admissions. The reading difficulty of the forty-two catalogs and analyzed was at a level appropriate to an advanced college student or college graduate. Moreover, high-school students had considerable difficulty identifying the correct use of terms commonly found in sections of college catalogs.     

使用网络工具提升高职院校招生就业信息网使用效能的探索

招生就业信息网是目前许多高职院校对外交流和宣传的主要平台,是学生了解学校,获取信息的重要窗口。本文结合笔者自身使用经验,介绍了在招生就业信息网上使用多种网络工具提高网站使用效能的探索和体会。     

大学生陛科学教育内容的探讨

通过选择适当的性科学教育内容帮助大学生学习性生理和性心理等科学知识,加深对人类性本质的理解,建立正确的性价值观,使大学生拥有健康的性意识和性道德,促进他们身心的健康发展。     

深化高校思想素质教育的几点思考

思想素质教育是一个系统工程,在知识经济时代的今天,大学生的思想教育出现了许多新情况、新问题,过去那种教育形式和做法远远不能解决现在大学生较深层次的思想认识问题.用解放思想、实事求是的科学精神,促进教育活动系列化、教育渠道网络化,对这些深层次问题的解决是有益的.