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Download full textSchleicher, Andreas – Online Submission, 2016
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) provides a framework in which over 80 countries collaborate to build advanced global metrics to assess the knowledge, skills and character attributes of the students. The design of assessments poses major conceptual and technical challenges, as successful learning. Beyond a sound…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Educational Methods, Educational Policy, Minimum Competency Testing
Direct linkAboud, Frances E.; Hossain, Kamal; O'Gara, Chloe – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2008
This evaluation research compares the first-grade competencies of two cohorts of Bangladesh children who attended "Succeed" preschools, with a control group who did not attend preschool. Testing of these groups occurred in 2006, 2007, and 2005, respectively. The Succeed program aims to improve children's learning and children's school…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Evaluation Research, Preschool Education, Rating Scales
Turlington, Ralph D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Compares the results of the first and second years of testing in the Florida minimum competency program to show that the program is working. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Descriptions, State Programs
Peer reviewedKohn, Sherwood Davidson – National Elementary Principal, 1979
Examines the political influences on minimum competency testing in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and California. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedFreedman, Sara Warshauer; Robinson, William S. – College Composition and Communication, 1982
Discusses the design and scoring of the writing proficiency exam conducted at San Francisco State University. Explains the program's counseling system for those students who do not pass the proficiency exam. (HTH)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Huggins, Allen L. – American School Board Journal, 1980
Describes a successful after-school tutoring program that involves teachers, students, and parents, and has resulted in higher scores on both minimum-competency tests and achievement tests. Includes guidelines for starting such a program. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Peer reviewedBlee, Myron R. – Innovative Higher Education, 1986
The faculties of the postsecondary institutions in Florida, using the authority of the State Board of Education, have implemented a testing program that increases the assurance that all students who complete their sophomore year in college have achieved the communication and computation skills expected of them. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Communication Skills, Higher Education
Capoor, Madan; Morante, Edward – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes two state-mandated programs for institutional accountability in New Jersey (i.e., Basic Skills Assessment Program and College Outcomes Evaluation Program), which function through cooperation between the state's higher education agency and its colleges and universities. Highlights research objectives, procedures, responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
