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Download full textBaghi, Heibatollah; And Others – 1995
Issues related to linking tests with constructed response items were explored, specifically by comparing single-group and anchor-test designs to link raw scores from alternate forms of performance-based student assessments in the context of Delaware's assessment program using performance-based assessment. This study explored use of the two test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Constructed Response, Correlation, Educational Assessment
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1982
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Task Force on Higher Education and the Schools calls for states "to consider the feasibility of developing a regional assessment of teacher selection techniques" (SREB, 1981). This recommendation reflects concerns about the need for: (1) more states to develop new teacher certification tests,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1980
The results of standardized norm-referenced achievement tests via the state mandated California Assessment Program (CAP) and the Districtwide Testing Program for the 1979-80 school year are summarized. California Assessment Program tests were administered statewide to all third, sixth and twelfth grade students. The nationally standardized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Deeter, Thomas; Prine, Don – 1996
As part of its academic testing program and the evaluation of academic achievement, the Des Moines (Iowa) Public School System administers two standardized, norm-referenced achievement tests. These are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). This document provides information regarding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Taylor, Bob L. – 1973
The National Assessment, a census-like study to collect information concerning the educational attainment of Americans, is being adapted in many states with the results of the adaptations being used for decision making by state agencies or by teachers and administrators. The characteristics of the adaptations follow patterns related to this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
This summary report is intended to provide answers to questions that local school personnel may have about the procedures used in the 1976-77 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program and the resulting data. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S (CTBS/S)--which measure reading, language, mathematics, science, social studies, and reference…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
The Statewide Testing Program assessed the achievement of South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 11. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S (CTBS/S) were used to measure achievement in reading, language, mathematics, reference skills, science, and social studies. Over 126,000 students, representing 91 of South Carolina's 92 school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
