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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
This document is designed to help the reader understand the district profiles of the California statewide testing program. These data assist the reader to compare a districts' performance with that of previous years and of other districts, especially those with similar characteristics. A brief description of the development and content of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
Alexander, Francie – 1986
The California Assessment Program (CAP) collects a wide range of achievement and demographic data to help local schools and districts improve their instructional programs. Tests in the areas of English/language arts, mathematics, history-social science and science designed by California educators are administered to students in grades 3, 6, 8, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Goertz, Margaret E., Ed. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2005
This report focuses squarely on strategies for instructional improvement in American high schools. Specifically, this study examines how high schools that perform below average incorporate their state's accountability goals into their own goals, identify their challenges, and search for strategies for instructional improvement. It focuses on how…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Accountability
Padia, William – 1978
Since December, 1975, the California State Department of Education has administered the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE) five times. Students who pass the exam may leave school as early as two years before they would otherwise be permitted to. This study focused on four specific areas: (1) an overview to provide the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, Educational Finance, Equivalency Tests
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
This technical report describes the procedures followed in developing the tests used in the California Assessment Program, the underlying principles of the program, the statistical characteristics of the tests, and the evidence that has been accumulated relating to the validity and reliability of the tests. The report also presents complete…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
Law, Alexander I – 1979
During the 1978-79 school year, all third grade pupils in California public schools were tested in reading achievement. Tests of reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics were administered to all sixth and twelfth graders. Various subtests of the Survey of Basic Skills, which was developed specifically for the California Assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Law, Alexander I.
During the 1975-76 school year, all second and third grade pupils in California were tested in reading achievement and all students in grades six and twelve were tested in reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics. Reading scores for second and third graders have been improving since 1966, but the 1975-76 scores show little…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports
