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Peer reviewedGray, Kenneth C.; Wang, Dan-Shang – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1989
A pilot test of 29 (78 percent) first-year trade and industrial (T&I) teachers who took the Connecticut Competency Examination for Prospective Teachers compared their scores with those of general education majors. Only 21 percent of the T&I teachers passed, suggesting the need for better basic skills preparation in T&I teacher…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Minimum Competency Testing, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedTirozzi, Gerald N.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Three statewide assessment programs in Connecticut developed in response to the State Board of Education's goals and objectives are described. These include: (1) the Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress; (2) the Educational Evaluation and Remedial Assessment Program; and (3) the Connecticut Mastery Testing Program.
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Baron, Joan Boykoff; And Others – 1981
Connecticut's experience with four different standard-setting methods regarding multiple choice proficiency tests is described. The methods include Angoff, Nedelsky, Borderline Group, and Contrasting Groups Methods. All Connecticut ninth graders were administered proficiency tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics. As soon as final test…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Cutting Scores
Download full textConnecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1983
The Connecticut Statewide Basic Skills Proficiency Test is required for all ninth-grade students in Connecticut public schools, vocational-technical schools, and endowed or incorporated high schools and academies. The examination covers basic reading, language arts and mathematics skills. Students who score below the level of expected performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Grade 9
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1984
Results are presented of the Connecticut Statewide Basic Skills Proficiency Test, which was administered to Connecticut ninth graders for the fourth time in 1983. The history of the test is summarized; it was designed to identify students who are performing so far below grade level that they require remedial instruction to succeed in the ninth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cutting Scores, Grade 9
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1986
Connecticut's Basic Skills Proficiency Test, administered for the sixth time in October 1985, measures reading, language arts, mathematics, and writing skills. The test was intended to identify students who require further diagnosis and remediation in order to participate successfully in ninth grade classes. Results indicated that over 90 percent…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cutting Scores, Diagnostic Tests
