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A Practitioner's Guide to Growth Models
Castellano, Katherine E.; Ho, Andrew D. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
This "Practitioner's Guide to Growth Models," commissioned by the Technical Issues in Large-Scale Assessment (TILSA) and Accountability Systems & Reporting (ASR), collaboratives of the "Council of Chief State School Officers," describes different ways to calculate student academic growth and to make judgments about the…
Descriptors: Guides, Models, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Assessment of Student Learning and School Effectiveness: Restoring the Focus.
Madgic, Robert – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1987
School effectiveness cannot be assessed by comparing group performances on standardized tests. Instead, each child's progress, in accordance with his or her capabilities, should be measured. Certain assessment models can help chart individuals' progress in reading and writing. Focusing on individual results enchances collective program assessment.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Educational Objectives, Group Testing
Group Assessment and Structured Learning.
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Lambert, Warren; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
Two new techniques that were used with a group of seven blind, multiply handicapped young adults in a half-way house are described. Structured learning therapy is a social skills training technique and group assessment is a method of averaging psychological data on a group of clients to facilitate program planning based on client needs.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Evaluation Methods, Group Testing, Interpersonal Competence
Students Successfully Grapple with Lessons of History in Innovative Group Performance Tasks.
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Bartlett, Lynn Drew – Social Education, 1992
Describes the California Assessment Program's (CAP) group performance assessment task. Provides a sample task field test in world history, including written and culminating exercises. Suggests that such assessment exercises are popular with students and provide the teacher with an amalgam of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. (DK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Group Discussion, Group Testing
Preparing Citizens for the 21st Century. Geography: Learning about Our World, The 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress in Geography.
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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This booklet reports on the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in geography for 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students, a test given for the first time to establish baseline data for measuring student progress in geography well into the future. The booklet contains the following sections: (1) Why We Assess Geography; (2) The 1994…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment
Examining Key Themes and Questions in U.S. History. The 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress in U.S. History.
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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1995
This booklet reports on the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in U.S. History for 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students. The booklet contains the following sections: (1) Why We Assess History; (2) Preparing the 1994 NAEP U.S. History Assessment; (3) What is NAEP? (4) Creating a Framework for the U.S. History Assessment, with What…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment