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Sullivan, Robert, Ed.; Shaw, Danielle, Ed. – Urban Education Collaborative, 2010
Over the last 10 to 15 years, a variety of efforts to transform American high schools have gained both public and private support. Significant among these are initiatives to implement Small Learning Communities (SLCs), part of a larger school reform and restructuring effort designed to address a variety of goals, including "downsizing large…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, High Schools, School Restructuring, Federal Aid
Anderson, Beverly; Pipho, Chris – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
An outcome of the excellence movement has been an increase in state control of education, especially through state-mandated testing, as testing has become the preferred means of trying to effect change in education following the popularity of accountability and minimum competency testing. Suggestions for using tests prudently are listed. (DCS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Swain, Carole L. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
In situations where there are enormous pressures to produce "good" test results, standardized testing can be a very painful experience, but there are ways of using test data to help in the educational process. California assessment data are disseminated widely to school districts in meaningful diagnostic displays. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Ward, James G. – 1980
Part of the plan by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to prepare training materials and conduct conferences on improving teachers' use of standardized tests was to survey a representative sample of elementary/secondary teachers. This survey ascertains teacher preparation and knowledge in testing, teacher assessment of the importance of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Gould, Jewell; Ward, James – 1980
Members (elementary and secondary teachers) of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) were surveyed in preparation for a series of workshops to improve teachers' use and understanding of tests. Results showed generally positive attitudes towards tests, and a specific interest in using tests for diagnostic and prescriptive planning purposes.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
McClain, Charles J. – 1985
The Value Added Program for assessing undergraduate education at Northeast Missouri State University is described. The program is in its 12th year and has as its driving force a comprehensive student data base that includes measures of individual student performance at the entering freshman level and at the end of the sophomore year, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, College Students, Educational Assessment
Marsh, Larry P.; Anderson, Paul S. – 1989
This manual is intended to provide Illinois school districts with guidance in developing learning assessment plans and using testing materials as part of the school improvement program mandated by the 1985 educational reform legislation for Illinois. Designed primarily to be a series of "how to" booklets, the manual is divided into six…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Educational Improvement
Donovan, David; And Others – 1972
The objectives of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program for 1972-73 are: (1) to provide State officials and citizens with information which contributes to an understanding of the educational needs of the State's school children and to the analysis of the educational system's response to these needs; (2) to provide citizens and educators with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Improvement
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Jacobs, James N.; Felix, Joseph L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The reorganization of the administrative structure and functions of the Cincinnati Public School System is described in relation to the system's research and development functions. Organizational changes and their results are discussed. (MH)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1978
The Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978 mandated local school districts to initiate two programs: (1) screening and diagnostic test; and (2) development of district educational improvement plans outlining remedial programs or activities. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/S) were selected as the statewide screening instruments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Diagnostic Tests
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Haertel, Edward H.; Herman, Joan L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
In this article, the authors describe various rationales for accountability testing programs over the past century. This history forms the backdrop for current test-driven reforms, including Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which was signed into law in January 2002. The goals of the authors are first, to illustrate…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Testing
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Rustique-Forrester, Elle – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
While some proponents of testing rest their hopes for stronger learning on the expectation that tests alone will motivate students to work harder, most posit that better learning will result primarily from better teaching--due to curriculum changes, greater attention to student needs, stronger teacher motivation, or focused investments in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Needs, Test Results, Teacher Effectiveness