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Reflections on ASAP: Comments from Arizona Teachers.
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Asay, Dawn; And Others – Arizona Reading Journal, 1991
Offers six Arizona teachers' comments on the new Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP). Discusses how the test affects children, whether the testing procedure is easily understood by teachers, how the ASAP differs from a standardized test, how the classroom teaching process has changed as a result of the test, concerns about the test, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Tests, State Standards, Student Evaluation
How Do the New ASAP Reading Assessments Measure Up? A Look at the New Essential Skills Assessments from the Process Point of View.
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Easton, Lois E. – Arizona Reading Journal, 1991
Offers a preliminary assessment of the new Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP). Uses James Squire's model for analyzing reading and writing processes to analyze how well the tests assess reading processes. Includes some sample ASAP forms. Finds that the problems are minor in terms of evaluating the overall effectiveness of the new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Processes, Reading Tests, State Standards
The Proficiency Illusion
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Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests