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Allen, William R.; Sushak, Ellen A. – 1979
Characteristics of the Minnesota Statewide Educational Assessment Program, initiated by the state department of education, are: stratified student samples based on five sizes and types of school districts; assessment of academic subject areas in periodic cycles; subject area objectives cooperatively planned with the curriculum unit in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedWright, Frank W.; And Others – Community and Junior College Journal, 1984
Discusses Delgado Community College's new approach to student services, which has aligned the college's fundamental academic testing and placement functions with expanded career advisement and job placement services to create a logical progression of services. Highlights the roles of the Developmental Studies and Human Development Department and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textBlank, Rolf K.; Manise, Jennifer; Brathwaite, Barbara C. – 2000
This report provides important state-by-state information on the characteristics and performance of schools and students in each state, information that is vital to monitoring the progress and evaluating the success of local, state, and national education reforms. The report disaggregates student achievement data so that attention can be focused…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Demography
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation Section. – 1999
This document reports the levels of skill achievement by Florida students as measured by the High School Competency Test (HSCT) and explains the purpose, reporting, and use of HSCT test results. This test measures the ability of students to apply basic skills in communication and mathematics successfully in everyday life situations. Students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competence
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1998
The 1997-98 school year was the 18th year of statewide student testing under the Arizona Student Achievement Program mandated by Arizona law. For the 1997-98 school year, students in grades 3 through 12 were tested using the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition (Stanford 9). This test was administered statewide to 536,254 Arizona students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Counties, Elementary School Students
State of Hawaii Department of Education, 2007
The Hawai'i State Assessment is an annual testing program that measures student progress on Hawai'i's reading, writing, and mathematics standards. This handbook provides all Department of Education personnel at the school, complex area, and state levels with information about participation in the Hawai'i State Reading and Mathematics Assessment…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Student Participation, Disabilities, Mathematics Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 8, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Roeber, Edward D. – 1993
Innovative work being done in the area of educational assessment is explored, focusing on the experiences of the State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The following projects currently being carried out by the CCSSO are described: (1) the Secondary Academic Standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation, Educational Innovation
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1998
This report provides information on student performance at the state, regional, and school system levels for students in the classes of 1998-2002 for 117 public school systems and 35 charter schools. The class of 1998 was the first North Carolina class required by the State Board of Education to meet a higher competency standard in the areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Ethnicity, High School Graduates
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1998
The School-Based Management and Accountability Program, also known as the "ABCs of Public Education," or just "the ABCs," is the statewide school-based accountability program for public schools in North Carolina. This document provides data on student performance on end-of-grade tests, end-of-course tests, the Scholastic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
Walker, William – 1998
The method used for assessing German language majors and minors at Bradley University (Illinois) is described. The method uses multiple assessment techniques, and has seven parts: (1) a re-taking of the German entry placement examination; (2) review of results of a two-part exit survey (questionnaire appended), designed to obtain information about…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Second Language Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Losak, John; Morris, Cathy – 1983
A student flow model is presented to raise the awareness of administrators and community leaders regarding the impact of proposed testing requirements in the state of Florida; i.e., the addition of a State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) of functional literacy, a statewide college entry level test, and the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Community Colleges
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1989
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) measures 16 basic skills objectives as mandated by legislation enacted in 1978. The BSAP Reading and Mathematics Tests were administered April 17 through 21, 1989. The tests for grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 consisted of 6 multiple-choice questions for each of the 11 objectives in reading and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Lindblad, Torsten – 1983
The system of standardized second language tests administered to Swedish junior and senior high school students is described. The tests are used to give teachers an idea of the performance levels of their entire classes, not individual students, for comparison with national norms. They are administered more than a year before the students leave…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, German
