TITLE Clothing Construction Performance Assessment. Final

The goal of the project was to validate, refine, and develop plans for implementation of a performance-based challenge-test in the cognitive and psychomotor aspects of basic clothing construction skills that coild be utilized-for grades 7-14. An advisory board and a jury panel representing the three instructional (.. levels provided assistance in developing and validating the, instrument. A clothing construction performance instrument was developed for each of two learning levels according to a matrix model. Following testing with 418 students in eight schools, the data) obtained was sibjected to statistical analysis. It was concluded that the test was feasible. The results are presented in narrative and, tabular form. Recommendations are presented for both curriculum 1 changes and test improvement. Appendixes (121 pages) include project correspondence, forms, the matrix Model, grading criteria fo