ERIC Number: ED478063
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Jul
Pages: 397
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Release of Spring 2002 Test Items.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston.
This report shares with educators and the public all of the test items on which spring 2002 student results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) are based. The release of these items provides information on the kinds of knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrate on the MCAS tests. Local educators are encouraged to use this document with their school's "Test Item Analysis Reports" to identify strengths and weaknesses in curriculum and instruction. Released items are from these tests: (1) reading, grade 3; (2) English language arts, grade 4; (3) English language arts, grade 7;(4) English language arts, grade 10; (5) mathematics, grade 4; (6) mathematics, grade 6; (7) mathematics, grade 8; (9) mathematics, grade 10; (10) science and technology/engineering, grade 5; and (11) science and technology/engineering, grade 8. An appendix contains the Mathematics Tool Kits and Reference Sheets. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Items, Testing Programs
For full text: http://www.doe.mass.edu.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston.
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
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