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Nettleton, Aileen L. – 1972
The city-wide standardized testing program of Madison Public Schools was reviewed by a committee of a cross-section of school system educators as part of a total effort to design a testing program more sensitive to the needs of the system. As a result, standardized testing was reduced to reading (grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8) and mathematics (grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Mathematics, Reading Tests
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 4, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state's total fourth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 8, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state' s total eighth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 8
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 10, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state's total tenth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 10
Allen, Russell; Fredrick, Vicki – 1979
The following steps have been taken to accomplish the goals of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program: the development of objective-referenced tests; the administration of a standardized norm-referenced test; reporting of trends in performance on these tests; and the availability of two testing services and personnel for consultation purposes.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Computer Assisted Testing, Consumer Economics, Criterion Referenced Tests
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
The 1978 Wisconsin assessment program, involving students in grades 4, 8, and 12, focused upon: (1) state-developed tests referenced to state objectives for computation and everyday money and measurement skills; (2) the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills: mathematics, reading, and language; (3) comparison of results of the 1976, 1977, and 1978…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Basic Skills, Computation
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for Management and Planning Services. – 1980
Results of the fifth year of testing by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction are presented. In 1980, objective-referenced tests in mathematics and reading were given to a sample of Wisconsin's public school students in grades 4, 8, and 12. Students were also given the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) in mathematics, reading,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment