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Jung, Michael, Ed.; Carstens, Ralph, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2015
The International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2013, conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), studied how students in different countries develop the knowledge, understanding, attitudes, dispositions, and skills that comprise computer and information literacy (CIL). The aim…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2013
In recent years, a number of educators have challenged the usefulness of SAT and ACT tests as indicators of college readiness, and some institutions have stopped requiring college entrance examinations altogether. The purpose of this trustee guide is to acquaint trustees with the history and use of college entrance tests and the arguments for and…
Descriptors: College Admission, Trustees, College Entrance Examinations, College Readiness
Castellano, Katherine E.; Ho, Andrew D. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
This "Practitioner's Guide to Growth Models," commissioned by the Technical Issues in Large-Scale Assessment (TILSA) and Accountability Systems & Reporting (ASR), collaboratives of the "Council of Chief State School Officers," describes different ways to calculate student academic growth and to make judgments about the…
Descriptors: Guides, Models, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
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Adams, B. Barbara; Ollila, Lloyd O. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1979
The Canadian Readiness Test Learning Rate subtest and the Auditory Reception and Spatial Relations Concepts subtests on the Experimental Reading Readiness Test show high reliability in measuring the reading readiness of beginning first graders. The Experimental Test has a high coefficient of reliability as a total test. (SB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education