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Download full textConnecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1983
The Connecticut Statewide Basic Skills Proficiency Test is required for all ninth-grade students in Connecticut public schools, vocational-technical schools, and endowed or incorporated high schools and academies. The examination covers basic reading, language arts and mathematics skills. Students who score below the level of expected performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Grade 9
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
This report summarizes the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) results for 1984. TABS assesses student achievement in mathematics, reading, and writing, including composition. The criterion-referenced tests are based on stated learning objectives and are administered annually to Texas students in grades 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Grade 3 results…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
Ninth grade results from the April 1989 administration of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) are reported. Passing the HSPT, which consists of reading, writing, and mathematics sections, is a high school graduation requirement in New Jersey. In 1989, the HSPT was administered to 67,099 ninth, 6,352 10th, 3,018 11th, and 762 12th…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Grade 9, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
Hoetker, James – 1979
The literature on essay testing, and particularly the selection of topics which will stimulate the writing of essays, was reviewed in order to recommend a set of specifications that will produce topics that are maximally fair to all teacher certificate candidates. It was found that by far the greater part of the research relating to writing…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Research and Testing Services. – 1987
In 1987, the administration of North Carolina Competency Tests to public school sophomores resulted in 94.4% passing the reading test and 90.6% passing the mathematics test. Rates were similar to rates for the 1986 sophomores, but were higher than rates for juniors in the 1978-1983 period. The 1987 passing rate in mathematics was lower than for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Black Students, Disabilities
Jost, Frank; And Others – 1986
This report describes and presents the 1984-85 results of the norm-referenced and criterion-referenced testing programs used in the Los Angeles Unified School District (California) to evaluate student progress and to identify instructional areas needing remediation. The norm-referenced Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), Form U, is used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Singer, Harry; Balow, Irving H. – 1987
California's 1980 proficiency law, which is the topic of this report, mandated that each school district was to adopt or construct tests and establish standards for assessing proficiency in reading, writing, and computation on tasks that were necessary to success in school and in life. In order to graduate from high school, a student must have…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Graduation Requirements
Siskind, Theresa G. – 1987
Information from the administration of the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) within the Charleston County (South Carolina) School District is presented. Tests are administered in the spring of each school year to students in grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 as part of the BSAP. These tests have been administered statewide since 1981. BSAP tests were…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity
Mangino, Evangelina – 1987
This report summarizes results of student achievement in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) tests in 1986-87. Major findings indicate the following: (1) 99.4% of AISD seniors to graduate in May 1987 passed the Exit-Level TEAMS tests, with only 17 denied diplomas in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
