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Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Planning and Development. – 1985
This document acquaints teachers and curriculum directors with the reading, mathematics, and problem solving indicators assessed by the Georgia Basic Skills Tests, initially given in grade 10. Students who fail initially in grade 10 have at least five other opportunities to take the test and must pass it in order to graduate. In reading, skill…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Grade 10, Graduation Requirements
McCarson, Carole S. – 1981
This paper: (1) reviews the development and implementation of a test designed to assess the competencies of public high school students in Atlanta, Georgia, preceding their graduation; and (2) presents the results of indicator cluster correlations between the new "Basic Skills Tests" and other reading and mathematics basal tests…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cluster Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The test given to students in Grade 11 is an exit-level examination, and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Computation