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GED Testing Service, 2017
The GED® test was built from the ground up to give students a test that measures the skills they need to succeed. The test focuses on the foundational knowledge and skills needed for career- and college-readiness, so colleges and employers know that students who pass the GED® test have the skills to excel on the job or in the classroom. This…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Test Preparation, Career Readiness
Guidry, Allen; Cuthrell, Kristen; O'Connor, Katherine; Good, Amy – Social Studies, 2010
Since the inception of mandated testing in reading and mathematics, social studies instruction has been marginalized in elementary and middle schools. After the genesis of several state-mandated testing programs and nearly a decade after the launch of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the effects of limited K-8 social studies instruction are…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Scores
Reich, Gabriel A.; Bally, David – Social Studies, 2010
Using personal narratives and research on teacher "communities of practice," the authors outline a proactive response to high-stakes testing policies that places teacher learning at its center. Although research on the effects of these policies is mixed, the authors are troubled by the ways in which the policies have been used to strip teachers of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Testing, High Stakes Tests, Personal Narratives

Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This report contains the results from the first administration of the fourth and sixth grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). As such, they are an important part of the state's efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Science and social studies data for grades 4 and 6 are summarized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Raw Scores, Science Tests
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1999
This document is designed to show the connection between the required state-written curriculum (courses of study) and the state-tested curriculum (the Alabama High School Graduation Examination and the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition [Stanford 9]) in Social Studies. The document illustrates that courses of study content standards embody…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Course Content

Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
This report contains summaries of the results from the third administration of the fourth and sixth grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). These results are part of a long-term effort to gather data on the educational progress of Delaware students and to use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Raw Scores
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
With the administration of the 2002 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a questionnaire was given to students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 about Opportunity to Learn, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and to all students in grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 about Opportunity to Learn, Science, and Social Studies. Students responses to the questions were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Questionnaires, Science Tests

Dauer, Keith – New England Journal of History, 1992
Discusses the teaching of history and social studies in Connecticut. Addresses curricular and teacher certification requirements, continuing education units (CEUs), and mastery testing. Identifies problems and suggests possible alternatives for evaluating tenth grade students' social studies knowledge. Briefly describes the role of the Connecticut…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, History Instruction
Delaware Department of Education, 2007
This report, submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, contains summary details of Delaware students' growth in the areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies. The results reported herein are part of a long-term effort to gather data on Delaware students' educational progress and use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Testing, Accountability, Testing Programs
Olwell, Russell; Raphael, Nicole – Social Studies, 2006
Efforts to improve social studies at the elementary level have not fared well in recent years. Federal demands for greater emphasis on mathematics and reading instruction have had a direct impact on social studies instruction--eroding elementary teachers' time and energy for the subject. In spite of this changing context, many states still test…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Grade 5, Teacher Characteristics

Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2002
The results from the third administration of the 8th and 11th grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) represent an important step in Delawares efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Science and social studies data for grades 8 and 11 are summarized here, and the results for grades 4 and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Junior High School Students

Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2000
This report contains the results from the first administration of the 8th and 11th grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). As such, they are an important part of the state's efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Science and social studies data for grades 8 and 11 are summarized here;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, High Schools, Junior High School Students
Virginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 83,000 students in grade 3 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Grade 3, History
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Minister's Advisory Committee for the Canadian Awareness Project. – 1981
The activities of the Canadian Awareness Project involved the development and analysis of an assessment of general knowledge and understanding of Canadian history, geography and citizenship as demonstrated by a sample of elementary, junior and senior high school students in provincially-funded schools. Included in this report are the phases…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Virginia State Dept.of Education, Richmond. Div. of Assessment and Reporting. – 1999
Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 80,000 students in grade 5 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Computer Science, Grade 5