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Download full textQuenemoen, Rachel; Rigney, Susan; Thurlow, Martha – 2002
State assessment systems must address both technical and policy issues as assessments and accountability practices are developed and implemented. These technical and policy issues have been expanded from traditional large-scale assessment to new alternative assessment approaches required by law and developed in every state. The primary purpose of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
This guide is designed to provide private industry councils (PICs) with information on developing workplace literacy or job-related basic skills programs. Chapter 1 contains an overview of the nation's literacy problem and how it affects business and is designed to provide PIC members with background information to use when discussing the problem…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Abbott, Judith A. – 1986
A summary is provided of the 1985-86 goals and accomplishments of Maricopa County Community College District's (MCCCD's) Student Assessment Pilot Project, which was conducted to develop a districtwide database of quantitative and qualitative information upon which decisions about policies, programs, and procedures related to assessment,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Counseling, Educational Testing, Experimental Programs
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Educational Improvement: Implementation Manual for the Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978.
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1978
The Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978 mandated local school districts to initiate two programs: (1) screening and diagnostic test; and (2) development of district educational improvement plans outlining remedial programs or activities. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/S) were selected as the statewide screening instruments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Diagnostic Tests
Yoshimura, Ralph J.; Suzuki, Warren N. – 1978
For the Vocational Special Needs Coordinator (VSNC), educational administrator, and special education teacher, this manual suggests procedures and materials useful in enabling educable and trainable mentally handicapped (EMH and TMH) students to gain and retain employment. Designed primarily for the VSNC who heads the team effort required in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cooperative Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Testing
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1999
This guide for those in the "High Schools That Work" initiative is designed to help teachers use classroom assessment to motivate students to work harder to meet challenging standards; to get students to organize information, make interdisciplinary connections, synthesize new knowledge, and draw conclusions from what they learn; to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Alternative Assessment
