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Download full textAspen Systems Corp., Rockville, MD. – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally mandated statistical survey of educational achievement of U.S. students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement over time. The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) established new standards for reporting the results that resulted in three…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Grade 8, Group Testing
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh initiated an education reform package, "Turning the Tide: An Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools" in October 1983. The statewide competency testing program which followed was "Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS), and it tested reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 8
O'Neal, Sandra – 1987
Each spring the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery is administered to students throughout New Mexico as part of the State Department of Education mandated assessment program. This report contains information regarding 1987 test results for Albuquerque Public School (APS) students in grades 3, 5, and 8 on the CTBS, a standardized,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
Siskind, Theresa G. – 1987
Information from the administration of the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) within the Charleston County (South Carolina) School District is presented. Tests are administered in the spring of each school year to students in grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 as part of the BSAP. These tests have been administered statewide since 1981. BSAP tests were…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity
Scott, Corinne C. – 1978
The results are presented of the validation study of reading and mathematics criterion referenced tests, administered to South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 8. This testing was mandated by state law to field test a competency based assessment program. The study was based on three activities: (1) test selection; (2) content validation; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
