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Shutao Wang; Lujing Tang; Junwei Bao – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
Against the backdrop of global transformations in university admission systems, the quest for an enrolment paradigm that efficiently identifies and selects high-quality students has gained paramount significance. With the help of propensity score matching (PSM), this study controlled students' backgrounds and compared the performance of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Admission, College Applicants
Rose, Nikita A. – Online Submission, 2011
American students are failing to demonstrate expected competency on basic skills taught in schools. The educational system needs a major overhaul to address declines in scholarly engagement. The State Board of Education (SBE) designed the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) to give some merit to the high school diploma. Minorities and…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Performance Factors, Basic Skills, Teacher Attitudes
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
A special assessment of writing skills was conducted during the 1979-80 school year for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) by the Education Commission of the States. The purposes of the study were to examine the writing abilities of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds enrolled in the DoDDS System, and to compare their writing abilities…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Dependents Schools, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilkinson, L. David; Galindo, Letticia – 1989
The knowledge that 17-year-old students in a local city school district had of literature and history was assessed using the same test items administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A review of national results of the NAEP examination in 1986 has highlighted the gaps in knowledge of this age group. The Austin (Texas)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Comparative Testing
Davis, Nancy B. – 1989
Two school entrance assessments were compared to determine whether or not they are theoretically unique approaches to kindergarten screening. The first test was the "Brigance K and 1 Screen" (Brigance, 1982), a kindergarten entrance assessment which focuses on perceptual-motor development, background experience, and rote memory as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Developmental Tasks
Pelgrum, W. J.; And Others – 1986
Described are the implemented and attained mathematics curriculum of 18 countries that participated in the Second International Mathematics Study. Differences and similarities between countries, are illustrated through analysis of the data, and data are presented to indicate shortcomings in the content and outcomes of education within certain…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment
National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1981
The Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress (CAEP) is a continuing program designed to measure the efficiency of educational programs offered by public schools. During 1979-80, grades 4, 8, 11 were tested in science. The assessment goals were: to provide information on the quality of education in Connecticut; to collect and compare data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Semple, Brian McLean – 1992
The second International Assessment of Educational Progress focused on the mathematics and science achievement of 13-year-olds. Performance assessments were used as part of the overall assessment in four countries (England, Scotland, Soviet Union, and Taiwan) and five Canadian provinces. The performance assessment approach drew heavily on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1977
Basic life skill items developed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure the achievement of 17-year-olds in the following areas are presented: (1) personal finance and consumer protection skills; (2) health maintenance skills; (3) interpersonal skills; (4) family responsibility skills; and (5) career development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Citizenship, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests