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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
Dietel, Ron – Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL) at WestEd, 2004
Testing in the nation's schools is on the rise. From the classroom quiz to the large-scale standardized test, the pressure for education to be "accountable" has intensified. As children experience this new tide of testing, it is helpful to become more aware of the different types of tests and their purposes. Students in the United States…
Descriptors: State Standards, Testing, Standardized Tests, Norm Referenced Tests
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1979
National results for the College Board's Admissions Testing Program for 1979 high school seniors are compiled in this annual report. Scores for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), and Achievement Tests are reported and analyzed, and data from the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) is discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, College Admission, College Bound Students
Mangino, Evangelina; And Others – 1992
Results from the various student testing programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) are summarized for 1991-92. Some 23,000 students in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 took the criterion-referenced Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) in October of 1991. The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Criterion Referenced Tests