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Baker, Otis; And Others – 1989
The history of a statewide effort to improve student learning in Missouri by adopting the concept of an Instructional Management System (IMS) with desired learned outcomes determining both instruction and testing was suggested to local school districts in 1980. In 1985, legislation provided funds and authority to engage large groups of teachers in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Puzzuoli, David A.; Alexander, Donald L. – 1971
In September 1962, the State Board of Education initiated a broad annual study of the academic achievement and scholastic aptitude of West Virginia public schools called the State-County Testing Program. The results of this program in Region II West Virginia schools for 1965-66 - 1969-70 are analyzed to: 1) identify discernable trends; 2) find any…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Accountability, Achievement Tests
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
All second- and third-grade students in California public schools were tested in reading achievement, and all sixth and twelfth grade students were tested in reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics. Second- and third-grade achievement gains were reported on the California Reading Assessment Program Reading Test over an eleven-year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
Sax, Gilbert – 1974
In the first section of this chapter the meanings of the terms "test,""measurement,""evaluation," and "standardization" are discussed. Because the purpose of this chapter is to relate published tests, particularly those that are norm-referenced, to their use in evaluation, the nature of norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation