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Florida Department of Education, 2018
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. Rule 6A-6.014, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), titled, General Requirements for Adult General Education Programs, requires all adult education programs to report all student measurable educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, State Policy, Educational Assessment, Program Evaluation
Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning, 2018
The Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL), examines how college- and career-readiness (CCR) standards are implemented, if they improve student learning, and what instructional tools measure and support their implementation. This brief presents findings from C-SAIL's Implementation Study, which uses interview and survey…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Language Arts, Mathematics Education, School Districts
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2014
In a recent report entitled "All Together Now: Collaboration and Innovation for Youth Engagement,": the Commission on Youth Voting & Civic Knowledge concluded that civic education is a shared responsibility of schools and other institutions. Data suggests, however, that more work is required to provide all young people with the…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2014
Preparing the next generation of Americans to engage in their communities civically and politically is a shared responsibility. Although civic education takes place every day in homes and community centers, our nation's K-12 schools are in a unique position to nurture and reinforce the civic development of all young people. States influence their…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
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Pinxten, Maarten; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; D'Haenens, Ellen – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: The relation between academic self-concept and achievement has been examined in a large number of studies. The majority of these studies have found evidence for a reciprocal effects model. However, there is an ongoing debate on how students' achievement should be measured and whether the type of achievement indicator (grades, tests,…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Retention (Psychology)
Taylor, Kathe; Walton, Sherry – Instructor, 2001
Teachers' attitudes and nonverbal messages about standardized testing can affect students' test scores. This article presents a four-question test to help teachers determine their attitudes toward standardized testing, then offers suggestions on how to get rid of excess baggage before approaching the tests and explains the importance of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation
Barone, Diane M.; Taylor, Joan M. – Corwin Press, 2006
Whether it is standardized test data, student journals, or informal classroom question and answer, assessments provide invaluable, ongoing diagnostic information for making key instructional decisions. In this engaging and comprehensive resource, the authors demonstrate practical ways for embedding test preparation into teaching by integrating…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Testing, Standardized Tests, Student Journals
Salend, Spencer S. – Pointer, 1984
Assessment instruments should be selected on the basis of test design variables (such as date of development and content sequence), test construction variables (including standardization results), examinee-related variables (such as prerequisite skills and vocabulary level), examiner-related variables (including preparation and skills), and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Standardized Tests, Test Selection
Hartman, Rhona C.; Redden, Martha Ross – 1985
The fact sheet focuses on considerations when testing adaptations are needed, provides some facts about disability, and identifies a variety of adaptations of testing procedures which have been developed and successfully used in schools, vocational training programs, and on college campuses. Testing adaptations are discussed in terms of disability…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Kemp, Max – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Cautions against using standardized tests to make simplistic judgments about students' reading comprehension. Suggests two approaches to testing that teachers might use to devise testing procedures that represent their own views of the important reading strategies and skills that students need to acquire. (AEA)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Reading Achievement, Reading Diagnosis
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Elliott, Portia C. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Two perspectives that frame the aspects of the debate on assessment issues are analyzed. The "count-everybody" perspective calls for national standards over which all students would be tested. The "everybody-counts" perspective favors assessments that are developed from multiple perspectives. (MDH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education
Pool, Donald A. – 1987
The paper examines issues, philosophy and guidelines for psychological assessment of the disabled. Focused on are: (1) adjustments in testing procedures and (2) applicability of standard norms with commonly used psychological test instruments for the assessment of ability, interest, and personality. The importance of accurate assessment for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Interest Inventories, Personality Measures
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Beretta, Alan – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Discusses the importance of fairness in evaluation studies of second-language programs and the potential for misinterpretation of studies which are not program-fair. Strategies designed to overcome this problem from the perspective of standardized tests include: specific tests for each program, program-specific plus program-neutral measures,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Teale, William H.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1987
Points out that sound assessment programs should (1) be a part of instruction, (2) use varied methods and instruments, (3) focus on a broad range of skills and knowledge, (4) occur continuously, (5) occur in a variety of contexts, and (6) be appropriate for age and level of development. Offers examples of practices based on these points. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition
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Berlak, Harold – Educational Leadership, 1985
Argues that overreliance on standardized tests contributes to the deterioration of educational standards, teacher passivity, and lack of student involvement in academic studies, thus undermining democratic education; lists several alternatives to standardized testing. (MCG)
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Democratic Values, Educational Assessment
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