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Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
The summary information in this report provides teachers, school administrators, and students with an overview of results from the June 1998 administration of the Social Studies 30 Diploma Examination given in Alberta, Canada. This information is most helpful when used in conjunction with the detailed school and jurisdiction report. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Content Area Writing, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
The summary information in this report provides teachers, school administrators, and students with an overview of results from the June 1998 administration of the Social Studies 33 Diploma Examination given in Alberta, Canada. The report first notes that the examination consists of 60 multiple-choice questions worth 60% and four writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Content Area Writing, Foreign Countries
Bucko, Richard L. – Spectrum, 1986
Reviews historic approaches to grade retention, what research does and does not show about retention, and some factors to weigh when considering retention. Focuses on models developed by H. Wayne Light and Laurence Lieberman. Includes a sample elementary school promotion policy and a sample retention referral form. (IW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Carter, K. Kenneth; And Others – 1980
Northern Kentucky University has implemented a proficiency testing program to screen candidates for admission to the teacher education program. When students are at the sophomore level, four tests are administered: (1) reading proficiency, measured by the Iowa Silent Reading Test; (2) writing proficiency; (3) speech and listening proficiency; and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Education Majors, Higher Education, Interest Inventories
AACTE Briefs, 1984
Survey responses from 517 member institutions of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education are reported. The first section depicts the nature of the institutions (public land grant, public non-land grant, independent liberal arts, church-related liberal arts, private university, and predominantly black), and the patterns of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Degrees (Academic), Educational Change, Higher Education
Scherini, Rose – 1981
The academic characteristics of freshmen entering the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), major problems in secondary education, and ways that the university can affect the quality of secondary education are examined. Data on entering freshmen for 1970-1980 indicate that UCB freshmen have consistently scored higher on admissions tests than…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
