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| Clearing House | 5 |
Author
| Criscuolo, Nicholas P. | 1 |
| Ford, Charles, Jr. | 1 |
| Reising, R. W. (Bob) | 1 |
| Smartschan, Glenn F. | 1 |
| Spoleti, Linda Higgins | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Opinion Papers | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
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| Hungary | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSmartschan, Glenn F. – Clearing House, 1983
Describes the five-year effort of the Allentown, Pennsylvania School District to develop districtwide final examinations to test the mastery of course objective in its secondary schools. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content, School Districts
Peer reviewedReising, R. W. (Bob) – Clearing House, 1994
Reports on the 1994 English Advanced Placement Reading, an event which brought together 750 readers to provide accurate, efficient, and comfortable scoring of over 173,000 exams. (SR)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, English, English Literature
Peer reviewedSpoleti, Linda Higgins – Clearing House, 1997
Describes the formal oral and written exams taken by high school seniors in Hungary, the taking of the exams, and grading. (SR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, High Schools
Peer reviewedFord, Charles, Jr. – Clearing House, 1980
The author examines four testing alternatives for minority group children who consistently do poorly on standardized tests: off-grade-level testing; not testing minority children at all; changing to an easier test; and criterion-referenced testing. He favors the last alternative. (SJL)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Children, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – Clearing House, 1986
Argues for the involvement of parents in school testing programs and describes six ways parents can help their students prepare for tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
