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Pang, Valerie Ooka; Han, Peggy P.; Pang, Jennifer M. – Educational Researcher, 2011
The authors studied more than 1 million Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and White seventh graders in a statewide California testing program between 2003 and 2008, examining their reading and math achievement. AAPI student performance is often reported as an aggregate in discussions of the success of schoolchildren and issues of racial…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Testing Programs, Pacific Islanders, Grade 7

Atlanta Public Schools, GA. Div. of Research, Evaluation, and Data Processing. – 1982
The Atlanta Public Schools administer a systemwide achievement testing program annually to assess the academic progress of students enrolled in kindergarten through the eleventh grades. The 1981 administration of the California Achievement Tests revealed evidence that test-level assignments have improved. The regular education students were tested…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Easton, John Q.; Washington, Elois D. – 1982
The effects of students taking different levels of the same standardized achievement test were assessed by administering two levels of the same test to each student. The functional level of the test was taken by all students. The second level of testing was randomly assigned at the adjacent higher or lower level of the test. Functional level…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Pilot Projects, Reading Achievement, Scores
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
This report summarizes test score information on a city-wide, regional, and school-by-school basis for staff and community review of pupil progress in reading and mathematics achievements, Primary Unit through grade 11. The data were obtained in the 1979-80 school year. Norm- and criterion-referenced tests were used. The intent of the report is to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms

Schell, Leo M. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the reading portions of the California Achievement Tests. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Test Interpretation
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. Div. of Research, Evaluation, and Data Processing. – 1982
This document reports on the procedures and results of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) testing program in changing from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), administered to grades 1 through 7 from 1973-79, to the California Achievement Tests (CAT), Form C, administered in Spring 1980 to provide a continuous testing program from the elementary…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Mathematics Achievement
Brooks, Margaret G. – 1987
Results are presented for the 1985-86 administration of achievement tests in the Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools. The following norm-referenced, standardized tests were administered: California Achievement Tests (CAT) in kindergarten; Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) in grades 1 to 8; and Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) in grades 9 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms
Myerberg, N. James – 1986
Results are presented of the 1985-1986 administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. Each fall, the battery is given to grades three, five, and eight under a state mandate, and to grade eleven under a local mandate. Overall student performance improved slightly in 1985 from the already…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, County School Districts, Educational Trends
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1984
In April of each year, North Carolina students in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th grades participate in the state's Annual Testing Program. In 1984, the California Achievement Tests in reading, mathematics, language, and spelling were administered. This publication reports student performance for years 1981 through 1984. The body of the report is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Minter, Mary; And Others – 1978
Administrative and technical problems were encountered in carrying out a minimum competency program for high school students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. The history of required minimum competency testing was reviewed briefly, and the process of clarifying and operationalizing the requirements was described within the Austin…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Equivalent Scores, Graduation Requirements, High Schools

Mangino, Evangelina – 1985
This publication summarizes the achievement results of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) for grades 1-12 in reading and mathematics for 1975 through 1985. In 1975, the California Achievement Tests (CAT) were administered to students in grades 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. However, in 1976, the testing program was expanded to all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Black Students
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1978
The Oklahoma Educational Status Study was conducted to determine student achievement in reading and mathematics. A stratified random sampling of students in grades 3, 6, and 9, were administered the mathematics and reading subtests of the California Achievement Tests (CAT); twelfth grade students were administered only a criterion-referenced test,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
Myerberg, N. James – 1984
The results of the administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) to students in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland (MCPS) are presented. The battery is administered in the fall of each school year to students in grades three, five, and eight under a state mandate. The CAT is administered to students in Grade 11 under a local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts
Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1977
To compare achievement standards of 1977 with those of 1956, three tests were administered in their original form to all third graders in a large school district. Approximately 3500 students in 1956 and 4500 in 1977 were administered the California Achievement Tests, the California Short Form Tests of Mental Maturity, and the Gates Advanced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Arithmetic
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1979
To comply with the Oklahoma legislative intent, a statewide random sample of students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 were tested in mathematics and reading. Students in grades 3, 6, and 9 were administered the California Achievement Tests (CAT), reading and mathematics subtests. It was concluded that: more students scored above, rather than below,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
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