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Hewett, Derek, Comp. – GOML News, 1988
Reports from Graded Objectives in Modern Languages (GOML) groups throughout Great Britain are included in this annual newsletter on second language learning. It also contains two special reports: (1) report of the 9th annual GOML in-service training course in "Graded Objectives in Modern Languages: Taking Stock" (draft proposals),…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Modern Languages
Download full textElliott, Judy; Thurlow, Martha; Ysseldyke, Jim; Erickson, Ron – NCEO Policy Directions, 1997
This report examines issues concerning the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities participating in state and district assessments. The report considers what an accommodation is, what kinds of accommodations are available, who should make the decision regarding accommodations, when accommodations should be used, and how…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Information Update, 1989
This issue of a quarterly newsletter focuses on alternative assessment methods in adult basic education. It is occasioned, as explained in the opening editorial, by the announcement of the requirement for use of the 1987 edition of the Tests of Adult Basic Education for pre- and posttesting of basic education students in New York City, beginning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment
Erickson, Ron; Ysseldyke, Jim; Thurlow, Martha; Elliott, Judy – NCEO Policy Directions, 1997
This report addresses issues concerned with reporting educational results for students with disabilities, identifies principles to guide reporting practices, and offers recommendations. The report notes that there are many purposes for reporting and that reporting information on students with disabilities is important because it ensures that they…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection
Testa, Alec M. – DATAWave, 1996
The DATAWave is a bi-weekly publication of the Assessment Resource Office (ARO) at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Its purpose is to inform the campus community and broader constituencies on assessment issues and practices at ENMU. The seven issues of winter and spring 1996 cover the following topics: (1) a preview of ARO activities,…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Crawford, A. E., II – ESS Reports, 1991
The report "UNO Act Class Profile, 1989-90" in the first of two serial issues presents salient parts of data from "The Class Profile Report" of the American College Testing (ACT) Corporation, which provides detailed information concerning the academic past of 1,359 freshmen entering the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, English
Boylan, Hunter R., Ed.; Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – Research in Developmental Education, 1989
These four serial issues examine the effectiveness and appropriateness of a variety of assessment tests as well as their relationship to developmental education. Included are reviews of the following tests: (1) the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program, a self-scoring test of English and mathematics; (2) the Stanford Achievement Test, an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing
Thurlow, Martha; Ysseldyke, Jim; Erickson, Ron; Elliott, Judy – NCEO Policy Directions, 1997
This report examines issues concerning the participation of students with disabilities in state and district assessments and offers principles and recommendations for increasing their participation. This report suggests that 85 percent of students with disabilities could participate either in the regular assessments or by using accommodations and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Data Collection
Peer reviewedGlass, Gene V., Ed. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
This document consists of the 2000 edition of the "Education Policy Analysis Archives." The papers include: (1) "Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence" (Linda Darling-Hammond); (2) "America Y2K: The Obsolescence of Educational Reforms" (Sherman Dorn); (3) "Forces for Change in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Court Litigation, Educational Change
NCBE CrossCurrents, 1997
The four issues of the first volume of this National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education newsletter include articles on these topics: organization and programs of the Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; identifying school reform practices in linguistically diverse schools; state data on…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Change Strategies
