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University of South Florida, Tampa. Coll. of Education. – 1980
This report describes the procedures followed in scoring the October 1978 Florida Minimal Writing Production Skills Assessment and reports the results of that assessment. The assessment was conducted on a sample of Florida public school students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11. Sections include descriptions of the rating scale and scorer's guide as well…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interrater Reliability, Minimum Competency Testing
Morante, Edward A.; And Others – 1982
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) was instituted in 1978 as a proficiency examination designed to measure the reading, writing, and mathematics skills of students entering college. In spring and summer 1982, 51,135 students at New Jersey's state and county colleges and at 10 independent colleges took the NJCBSPT. Of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, College Students, Community Colleges
Hagen, Randi; Olofson, Sharon – 1983
This report contains the 1982-83 results of the annual administration of the California Assessment Program's Survey of Basic Skills to 3rd, 6th, and 12th grade students in the Mount Diablo School District. The survey measures the reading, written language, and mathematics skill attainment of schools and districts, but not of individual students.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 3
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1981
In compliance with Section 1 of the South Carolina 1978 Act 631, the following Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) information is reported: (1) the administration of tests for first grade readiness and grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8; (2) the development and field-testing of the 11th grade test; (3) the field-testing of mandated basic skills…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Education
Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1982
The Student Assessment and Minimum Student Performance Standards Sections of the Florida Department of Education present the results of the April and October 1981 administrations of the State Student Assessment Test, Parts I (basic skills) and II (application of basic skills). Grades 3, 5, 8 and 11 were measured on minimal performance in the basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
This report presents the results of the fourth testing cycle of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS), a statewide basic skills test for students in grades 3 and 5 and in high school (exit level) of the Austin Independent School District (AISD). The TABS measures basic performance objectives in mathematics, reading, and writing. The general…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1989
The MAT-6 Writing Test (The Psychological Corporation, 1986) was administered to Oklahoma students in grades 7 and 10 in February 1989, in compliance with state law. The inception, implementation procedures, assessment instruments, and results of the Writing Assessment Component of the Oklahoma School Testing Program are described. District-level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis, Grade 10
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1982
Summary reports and student performance results from the Texas statewide assessment of minimum basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics are presented. The Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) was developed in 1979 to provide support for educationally disadvantaged children. Criterion-referenced tests are administered to students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1982
The California Assessment Program (CAP) is meant to be an efficient testing program limited to furnishing program-diagnostic information to state-level policymakers. During 1981-82 all 3rd-, 6th-, and 12th-grade students in the state's public schools were tested in reading, written language, and mathematics basic skills. Summary findings were that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Oriented Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1985
This report presents test results derived from the student testing that was conducted in 1983-84 under the aegis of the California Assessment Program (CAP). All third, sixth, eighth, and twelfth grade students in California public schools were tested in reading, written language, and mathematics. The highlight of the 1983-84 expansion of CAP was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Oriented Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Planning, Evaluation, and Research Div. – 1983
This report contains the complete statewide results of the California Assessment Program, including some features that have become standard and some that are new this year: detailed findings for reading, written language, mathematics, and specific skill areas within each major area; national comparisons; expert opinions of the results; comparable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Literacy
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1985
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) was established by South Carolina legislation enacted in 1978. This report describes BSAP implementation and test results for 1984-85 as prescribed in the legislation. As the schedule for this academic year required, the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) was administered to all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Measurement
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1978
All second and third graders in California public schools were administered the Reading Test of the California Assessment Program; performance of all sixth and twelfth graders in reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics was assessed with the Survey of Basic Skills. Findings were compared to those of previous years and can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
