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Mason, Pamela A. – 1981
The reading program of the Reading Public Schools encompasses skills which facilitate reading a wide variety of materials, reading as a source of enjoyment, and reading as a lifelong activity. The goals for each student address word recognition skills, comprehension, reading skills needed to function in society, reading skills for individual…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1976
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Cognitive Processes, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1978
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1977
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedMulkey, Lynn M. – Evaluation Review, 1988
Several issues associated with equating and interpreting reading test scores from two different measures of achievement are discussed. The discussion is based on an investigation assessing the impact of classroom functional/ability grouping on academic performance of 5,439 special educational students in elementary, middle, and high schools. (TJH)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students
