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Peer reviewedWinfield, Linda F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1990
The relationship between school-level minimum competency testing (MCT) programs and student reading proficiency measured by the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress was studied in subsamples of 10,367 fourth graders, 10,829 eighth graders, and 13,513 eleventh graders. No advantages of MCT programs were seen in grade 4. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1986
This report provides a record of student achievement for the State of New York in the 1984-85 school year. It brings together a variety of achievement indicators with a clear focus on knowledge and higher-order skills. Three types of achievement data are presented. One consists of scores obtained on New York State (NYS) tests. These scores may be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
