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Our Global Mirror: Comparing Student Achievement and Teacher Practice around the World
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Lyons, Douglas; Niblock, Andrew W. – Independent School, 2014
Independent schools are, for the most part, exempt from mandatory participation in standardized tests designed for state and federal comparisons, nor are they required to take part in comparative international assessments. The anxiety in the broader culture, however, is driving a growing interest among independent school parents (and prospective…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
Some Methodological Issues in Using Standardized Test Scores to Evaluate Large Scale Educational Programs. CSE Report No. 111.
Conklin, Jon – 1978
It is unsafe to estimate achievement test norms for fall testing by linear interpolation between norms for the previous spring testing and norms for the following spring. Second grade students were tested in reading and arithmetic in the fall and in the spring to provide pre-test and post-test data for evaluation of academic growth. Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
Statewide and Districtwide Testing Results by District and by School, San Diego City Schools: December 1979 to October 1980.
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San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1980
The results of standardized norm-referenced achievement tests via the state mandated California Assessment Program (CAP) and the Districtwide Testing Program for the 1979-80 school year are summarized. California Assessment Program tests were administered statewide to all third, sixth and twelfth grade students. The nationally standardized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
South Carolina Statewide Testing Program 1976-77. Summary Report. Office of Research Report Series, Vol. 1, No. 33.
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
This summary report is intended to provide answers to questions that local school personnel may have about the procedures used in the 1976-77 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program and the resulting data. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S (CTBS/S)--which measure reading, language, mathematics, science, social studies, and reference…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
An Empirical Comparison of ESEA Title I Evaluation Models A and B.
Faddis, Bonnie J.; And Others – 1979
Ninth grade Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation results in reading and English-writing projects were compared, using the RMC Model A with local empirical norms, Model A with national interpolated norms, and Model B. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--Total Reading and Total Language subtests--were administered…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
South Carolina Statewide Testing Program 1976-77. General Report. Office of Research Report Series, Vol. 1, No. 32.
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
The Statewide Testing Program assessed the achievement of South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 11. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S (CTBS/S) were used to measure achievement in reading, language, mathematics, reference skills, science, and social studies. Over 126,000 students, representing 91 of South Carolina's 92 school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis