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Download full textWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 2000
This reference guide is designed to give educators and other interested persons a better understanding of the information contained in the score reports from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, the key measuring stick of the state's school improvement strategy. To do this, the guide is organized around the four basic form types used in…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Interpretation
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2002
This guide contains materials to help Delaware educators understand and use the reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). The tests of the DSTP are tied to the Delaware content standards that define the knowledge and skills required for Delaware students to succeed beyond high school. In spring 2002, the annual administration of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, State Programs, Teachers
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2000
This guide contains materials to help teachers understand and use the reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). In spring 1998, the Department of Education, in conjunction with Harcourt Educational Measurement, began its annual administration of the DSTP reading, writing, and mathematics tests for students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, State Programs, Teachers
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1983
This publication is designed to aid teachers, principals, district staff, and other educators in reading, interpreting and using the data from the October 1983 Florida Statewide Assessment. This guide is divided into three main sections: an introduction; a discussion of the forms used to report results, and suuggestions for interpretation and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, State Programs
McLarty, Joyce R. – 1987
The "Career Ladder Technical Manual: A Guide To Interpreting Your Scores. Teacher Edition, 1986," of the Tennessee Career Ladder Evaluation System, is reviewed. Intended as a guide for the teacher candidate to interpreting test scores, the manual explains the score report for a lay audience. Raw scores and standard scores are explained.…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Scores
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2000
This guide describes the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) and includes information about the program and its results that will be useful for administrators and members of boards of education. In spring 1998, the Department of Education, in conjunction with Harcourt Educational Measurement, began its annual administration of the DSTP…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Bracey, Gerald W. – 2002
This book takes readers through the often confusing landscape of standardized testing and explains what tests are and what they are not. The book discusses how to interpret test scores, different types of standardized tests, and specific standardized tests. This revised edition also contains discussions of the Third International Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1999
This guide explains results and other information contained in the "Test Item Analysis Report," the "School Report," and the "District Report" for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests for spring 1999. It is designed to help teachers, administrators, and parents understand the MCAS testing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Student Assessment. – 1999
This guide provides information about the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and Texas end-of-course examinations. It displays and explains examples of the TAAS and end-of-course standard and optional reports to assist school personnel in understanding and interpreting student performance data as required by the Texas Education Code. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, State Programs
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This guide explains results and other information in the "Test Item Analysis Report," the "School Report," and the "District Report" for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests for spring 2000. It is designed to help superintendents, principals, and other administrators as they review the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1986
This handbook is designed to serve as a resource for Alaskan district-level administrators in charge of planning, implementing and monitoring districtwide student assessment programs. The information is divided into 10 chapters, including: (1) aligning assessment with curriculum and instruction; (2) planning an assessment program; (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Program Costs
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This guide contains information to help teachers understand and use reports from the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). The DSTP is designed to be a measure of progress toward Delaware's content standards that helps ensure that students can apply their academic skills to realistic, everyday problems. The DSTP aims to promote better…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Research and Testing Services. – 1988
General testing guidelines for experienced and new testing personnel, teachers, and school administrators are presented. The Testing Code of Ethics is intended to enhance the awareness of school personnel regarding proper testing procedures and to emphasize the unrelenting attention necessary to provide accurate test data for decision making.…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Codes of Ethics, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1986
This manual gives teachers information about the score reports they receive after participating in the Tennessee Career Ladder evaluation process. It also contains a discussion of the scoring and equating process used to calculate the results. The score report consists of the following: (1) a summary; (2) results by domain; (3) results by…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1995
This score interpretation guide is designed to help administrators and classroom teachers understand the scores and scales of the 1994 and Beyond Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). MSPAP scale scores indicate a school's level of performance in the content areas of reading, writing, language usage, mathematics, science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Mathematics Tests
