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International Comparative Assessments: Broadening the Interpretability, Application and Relevance to the United States. Research in Review 2012-5
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Di Giacomo, F. Tony; Fishbein, Bethany G.; Buckley, Vanessa W. – College Board, 2013
Many articles and reports have reviewed, researched, and commented on international assessments from the perspective of exploring what is relevant for the United States' education systems. Researchers make claims about whether the top-performing systems have transferable practices or policies that could be applied to the United States. However,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, International Assessment, Relevance (Education), Testing Programs
The Nominal Response Model in Computerized Adaptive Testing.
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De Ayala, R. J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
A computerized adaptive test (CAT) based on the nominal response model (NR CAT) was implemented, and the performance of the NR CAT and a CAT based on the three-parameter logistic model was compared. The NR CAT produced trait estimates comparable to those of the three-parameter test. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Equations (Mathematics)
South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing Program: 1990 Summary Report. Office of Research Report Series. Volume One/Number 107.
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Grade 11, Grade 4
The Nevada Proficiency Examination Program: Results of the 1989-90 Examinations.
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Klein, Thomas W. – 1991
The Nevada Proficiency Examination Program was established by legislative mandate in 1977. It consists of two major assessment efforts: administration of a nationally normed test to grades 3, 6, and 9; and the testing of all 11th graders in reading, writing, and mathematics. Students must pass all three examinations as a precondition for receiving…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Secondary Education in North Carolina: A Report of Student Participation and Performance in Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, U.S. History, English I. Volume 1. End of Course Testing.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
Results from North Carolina's End-of-Course Testing Program in 1989-90 are presented. Participation, student characteristics, and achievement are summarized, largely in table form, for the following subject areas: (1) Algebra I, (2) Geometry, (3) Algebra II, (4) Biology, (5) Chemistry, (6) Physics, (7) U.S. History, and (8) English I. Background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Biology, Chemistry
Some Preliminary Evaluation Notes of an Effective Schools Effort: Project SHAL.
Achilles, C. M.; DuVall, Lloyd – 1983
Pupils at three elementary schools and one junior high school among Area 1 inner-city schools of St. Louis Missouri, were identified as scoring well below norms on standardized tests. An effort to change the educational programs at these schools netted financial support and the creation of Project SHAL (named for the schools involved). Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Change