Educational Evaluation: Classic Works of Ralph W. Tyler

I The Service Study Years: 1929 to 1938.- 1 Overview.- Key Points.- 2 Service Studies in Higher Education.- The Construction of Examinations in Botany and Zoology.- 3 Constructing Achievement Tests.- Measuring the Results of College Instruction.- A Generalized Technique for Constructing Achievement Tests.- Formulating Objectives for Tests.- Ability To Use Scientific Method.- Explanation Test.- Measuring the Ability To Infer.- A Test of Skill in Using the Microscope.- The Master-List as a Device.- Improving Test Materials in the Social Studies.- Assumptions Involved in Achievement-Test Construction.- What Is Statistical Significance?.- Making a Co-operative Test Service Effective.- Techniques for Evaluating Behavior.- Notes.- II Appraising and Recording Student Progress: The Eight-Year Study.- 1 Overview.- Key Points.- 2 Appraising and Recording Student Progress.- Preface.- Commission on the Relation of School and College.- Purposes and Procedures of the Evaluation Staff.- Aspects of Thinking.- Evaluation of Social Sensitivity.- Aspects of Appreciation.- Interpretation and Uses of Evaluation Data.- Philosophy and Objectives.- Teachers' Reports and Reports to the Home.- Notes.- III Tyler's Rationale for Curriculum Development.- 1 Overview.- Key Points.- 2 New Dimensions in Curriculum Development.- IV National Testing Programs.- 1 Overview.- Key Points.- 2 Appraisal of Educational Achievement Gained in the Armed Forces.- 3 The Objectives and Plans for a National Assessment of Educational Progress.- 4 National Assessment - Some Valuable By-Products for Schools.- Note.- V Tyler's Recent Reflections on His Work.- 1 Overview.- Key Points.- 2 An Interview with Ralph Tyler.- The Preface Interview.- 3 Appendix: Vitae of Ralph Winfred Tyler.- VI A Chronological Bibliography.