Improving Reading Instruction: The Use of Research Based Principles

Eva L. Baker

Educational Technology Vol. 1, No. 9 (1973) pp. 9–13

An outline of some instructional principles by which reading instruction may be analyzed. (Author/HB)

Project for Research on Objective-Based Evaluation

Eva L. Baker

Educational Technology Vol. 10 (1970) p. 8

Describes a project which was conceived to provide a vehicle for an adequate test of the utility of evaluation based on student achievement of specific program goals." (Author/AA)

Technology and Effective Assessment Systems

Eva L. Baker

Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education Vol. 104, No. 2 (June 2005) pp. 358–378

Over the last 20 years, writing about technology (and more recently about its use in assessment systems) has been a joyful experience, in part because the author was usually right about how fast and how unexpected technology progress would be made....

Model-Based Assessments to Support Learning and Accountability: The Evolution of CRESST's Research on Multiple-Purpose Measures

Eva L. Baker

Educational Assessment Vol. 12, No. 3 (October 2007) pp. 179–194

This article describes the history, evidence warrants, and evolution of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing's (CRESST) model-based assessments. It considers alternative interpretations of scientific or practical...

Beyond Objectives: Domain-Referenced Tests for Evaluation and Instructional Improvement

Eva L. Baker

Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 6 (1974) pp. 10–16

Computer Technology Futures for the Improvement of Assessment

Eva L. Baker; Harold F. O'Neil

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 4, No. 1 (1995) pp. 37–45

Two examples of the interaction between computer technology and assessment are described: a tool-based knowledge representation approach to assess content understanding and a team problem-solving task involving negotiation. The examples serve as the ...

Assessment Gaze, Refraction, and Blur: The Course of Achievement Testing in the Past 100 Years

Eva L. Baker; Gregory K. W. K. Chung; Li Cai

Review of Research in Education Vol. 40, No. 1 (2016) pp. 94–142

This chapter addresses assessment (testing) with an emphasis on the 100-year period since the American Education Research Association was formed. The authors start with definitions and explanations of contemporary tests. They then look backward into ...