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Download full textNational Center on Educational Outcomes, 2014
States with an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards (AA-MAS) that received a flexibility waiver from some of the requirements of No Child Left Behind are required to phase out their use of this assessment. And, on August 23, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education published a proposed rollback of regulation that allowed the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, State Standards
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Direct linkBush, H. Francis; Duncan, Floyd H.; Sexton, Edwin A.; West, Clifford T. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
We examine the history of VMI's use of the Major Field Test as an assessment tool for its Department of Economics and Business. Further, we chronicle how the information gathered from a decade and a half of use has shaped the curriculum, faculty composition and policies within the Department. There is evidence that the policies surrounding how and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Program Improvement, Field Tests, Military Schools
Planning: A Qualitative Description, Analysis and Evaluation, Phase I, Commonwealth Studies Project.
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1979
In 1978 the Commonwealth of Virginia initiated a three-year plan to develop basal fourth- and seventh-grade Virginia studies materials utilizing the resources of public and private institutions. The plan involved three stages: planning (1978-79), materials development (1979-80), and field testing and revision (1980-81). This document reviews the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond. School of Education. – 1983
The purpose of this 2-year project was to develop, and begin implementation of, a comprehensive health occupations teacher education program including preservice, inservice, new teacher orientation, and continuing education components for the State of Virginia. During the second year of the project, the goals were (1) to continue the work of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1980
This document reviews the goals and accomplishments of phase two of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia schools. It is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I introduces the project idea, reviews the first phase of planning and evaluation design, and explains the project goals for phase two, materials development.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1981
The third and final phase of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia is described in this report. The third phase involved continued pilot testing of fourth-grade materials, development of drafts of seventh-grade materials, and exploration of plans for dissemination. The report comprises six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
