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Texas Education Agency, 2014
Commissioner's Rules Concerning the State Plan for Educating English Language Learners (ELLs) states that all school districts that are required to provide bilingual education and/or English as a second language (ESL) programs establish and operate a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC). The LPACs are charged with reviewing all…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Guidelines, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
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Groves, Saundra L.; Groves, David L. – Education, 1981
Reviews legal historical background of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), citing prior cases which established three major common law issues upon which FERPA was based. Discusses legal issues since FERPA's passage: status of private suits, liability and slander aspects concerning student reputation, privileged communication,…
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Disclosure
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Bowers, John J. – Theory into Practice, 1991
Examines factors contributing to increasing acceptance of and dependence on state and local educational testing. Factors examined include the accountability movement, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, National Assessment of Educational Progress, growth in statewide and local assessment, and minimum competency testing. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Ohio Department of Education, 2004
This handbook provides arts specialists and gifted coordinators with procedures for identifying students who are gifted in music. All personnel who are developing district identification procedures and trained individuals who will be involved in the screening and identification of gifted children in the area of music should read this handbook. To…
Descriptors: Music Education, Academically Gifted, Ability Identification, Talent Identification
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Quilter, Shawn M. – Teacher Educator, 1999
Argues for the inclusion of assessment coursework as a necessary component in teacher education through a demonstration of the relationship between test validity and the law. Focuses on the seventh assessment competency listed in the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students: recognizing unethical, illegal, and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Vacc, Nicholas A., Ed.; Bardon, Jack I., Ed. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1982
Contains 16 articles presenting issues and practices concerning assessment and appraisal as they relate to counselors. Addresses specific areas of concern to counselors and provides commentaries differing in style and emphasis. Includes discussions of issues and an integration of many practices and procedures. (RC)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Training, Data Collection
Wise, Arthur E.; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1983
This paper focuses on ways in which one state policy for improving education--standard-setting through testing mechanisms--affects the classroom teacher-learner relationship. That uniform policy-making is problematic is clear from observations of 43 Mid-Atlantic school district teachers. Responding to three types of standards, 45 percent found…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement