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Weber, George – American School Board Journal, 1978
Explains how to set up a testing program to measure student achievement of basic skills. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
Greene, Leroy F. – Compact, 1977
State-level assessment is necessary so that parents, communities, and the legislature can know the cost and the benefits of the educational system as a whole. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Owen, Samuel A.; Ranick, Deborah L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Describes a program in which student promotion is based on achievement. Standardized test scores have risen as a result of the program. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning
Download full textDulaney, Chuck; Speas, Carol – 1999
In 1996, North Carolina established its "ABC" plan for educational improvement, based on accountability (A), testing of basic subjects (B), and more local control (C). Each year student test results in reading, mathematics, writing, and selected middle school and high school courses are analyzed to determine whether or not schools have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) office of Research and Evaluation presents Basic Skills Achievement, 1981-82 (BSA). The BSA answers the following questions: (1) How does AISD student achievement compare to student achievement nationwide? (2) How does AISD's 1981-82 student achievement compare to the achievement of students in past…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms
Peer reviewedGilman, David Alan – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedVeal, William R.; Schreiber, James – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1999
Examined the effects of a tri-schedule (traditional, 4x4 block, and hybrid) schedules running at the same time on the academic achievement of 327 high school students. Discusses implications of findings for schools considering block scheduling. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Block Scheduling
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1976
The State of Florida has, for several years, been committed to perfecting a workable system of accountability for the public schools. The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, begun in 1971, has been an important element in this accountability effort. The Program was designed to assess students' academic strengths and weaknesses, particularly in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedLederman, Marie Jean; And Others – Journal of Developmental Education, 1985
Reports findings from a national survey of 1,269 representative colleges and universities, concerning institutional perceptions of the basic skills preparation of entering freshmen, the extent of students' needs for basic skills help at various types of institutions, and the ways in which institutions are responding to student needs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs
Dobrinski, Virginia; Liechti, Carroll D. – 1981
The performance of pupils, individual schools, and the Wichita Public School System is depicted in a quantitative report of the results of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) administered as part of the system's basic testing program. The ITBS battery measured vocabulary, reading, language, work-study and mathematics skills and results are given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1978
The profiles of the California Statewide assessment program permit comparison of a district's test performance with that of previous years and of other districts. After a brief explanation of the tests' development, content, administration, and limitations, this interpretive guide explains how the results are displayed in the district profiles. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Griffith, E. H. – 1977
The high school minimal competency examination described in this document is part one of a three-part program that requires that all students satisfactorily complete tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics prior to receiving a high school diploma. The document outlines the test development and assessment program and describes the plan for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1982
At the beginning of the 1981-82 school year, the Board of Education of the Portland (OR) Public Schools established a system-wide achievement goal of improved learning in all areas of the curriculum including the basic skills. This report describes the gains made during the first year of implementation of that new achievement policy. Portland's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1982
The Maryland Accountability Program Annual Report has been developed as a reference document on test data for the public. It provides a survey both of test results and of the progress being made by students attending Maryland public schools in grades 3, 5, and 8. The 1980-81 report is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 defines educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
Mangino, Evangelina; Babcock, Marilyn A. – 1986
A study was designed to assess the effects of the introduction of a state-mandated minimum competency test (MCT) on students' acquisition of basic and high-level mathematics skills. Subjects of the study were ninth-grade students, all of whom attended the same schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District, and took the same form of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Grade 9
