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Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
Developed as part of the Arkansas Minimum Performance Testing Program (MPT), these item specifications relate to the third grade reading minimum performance test. There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. Item specifications are intended to provide an overview of the general content and format of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
Developed as part of the Arkansas Minimum Performance Testing Program (MPT), these item specifications relate to the third grade language arts minimum performance test. There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. Item specifications are intended to provide an overview of the general content and format of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Language Arts, Minimum Competencies
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1987
Provided as a framework for use in curriculum development are Arkansas' course content guides for the primary grades one, two, and three. At each grade level, language arts, mathematics, and reading skills have been identified at three instructional levels: basic, developmental, and extensional. Basic skills are those which all students must…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Enrichment Activities
Holmes, Morris; And Others – 1981
The Arkansas Educational Assessment Program (AEAP) was initiated in 1979 when the Arkansas legislature passed Act 666, the Education Assessment Act. AEAP provides meaningful data on student achievements to educators, legislators, parents and citizens on the status and progress of Arkansas basic skills education. This information assists schools in…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 6
Download full textIndiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. – 1985
The Indiana Basic Competency Skills Testing and Remediation Program manual states that the purpose of the testing program is to assist Indiana's educators with the implementation of remediation programs, and to assess overall educational programs. Procedures for administering the tests of reading, mathematics, and writing in grades 3 and 6 are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 6
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1988
This paper describes the characteristics of the Minimum Skills Diagnostic Tests (MSDTs) components of the statewide testing program in North Carolina. The MSDTs' validity, method for deriving test scores, reliability and other statistics, test content, and test norms are discussed. These tests--given in grades 3, 6, and 8--assess an individual's…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1982
The Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) helps to improve basic skills mastery by assessing student achievement and district performance levels in reading, writing and mathematics. TABS was designed to provide information for instructional planning in the state-funded compensatory education service. Minimum competency objectives are to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1980
To assist districts in analyzing and using the second set of results (the summary reports for class, school and district) from the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Tests, this guidelines booklet was developed. The booklet is divided into four main sections: (1) required interpretation of the summary reports; (2) interpretation checklist; (3)…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
