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Download full textGED Testing Service, 2018
The manual is presented in the form of a policy grid. The grid includes a consolidated list of General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service policies regarding the GED® test and overall GED® program. The grid combines all of the policies into one unified table and supersedes any prior policy manual.
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Testing Programs, Educational Policy
Stoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2007
The No Child Left Behind Act sanctions the use of NAEP scores to confirm state testing results. The U.S. Department of Education, as test developer, is responsible to set forth how NAEP scores are to be interpreted and used. Thus far, the Department has not published a clear set of guidelines for using NAEP achievement level scores to conduct a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Test Results, Testing Programs, Guidelines
Utah State Office of Education, 2007
The purpose of this document is to establish the statewide policy for the participation of students in the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS). The central elements of this policy are: (1) Rules for inclusion in the statewide assessment program (U-PASS); (2) Limited allowances for exempting or excusing students from…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Second Language Learning
Mathis, William J. – 1977
The New Jersey department of education has implemented a minimum standards program to assure that all students have the individual opportunities they require for mastering the basic skills. The 1976-77 program is transitional and is used to build toward full implementation in the 1977-78 school year. In full operation, the state tests will be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. – 1991
Findings of an audit of the New York State Education Department's procedures to maintain security over Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) and Program Evaluation Test (PET) examination materials are presented in this report. The audit sought to determine whether the department's security procedures adequately prevented unauthorized access to exam…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Peer reviewedEducational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
Eight criteria developed by the National Forum on Assessment (Washington, DC) as guidelines for evaluating existing and proposed assessment systems at any level are listed. Criteria call for clear definitions and fair assessments to assist educators and policymakers in improving instruction. Continuous review and improvement are recommended. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
General guidelines for administering the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations for June 1987 in Alberta, Canada, include shipping dates of the tests, a schedule for returning examinations, securing test materials, and handling walk-in candidates. Additional information includes what to do about students who arrive late, violation of examination rules,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Examiners, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedHaladyna, Thomas M. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
A set of guidelines for planning and establishing a certification testing program is presented. The guidelines are organized into three components: (1) content specification; (2) item development; and (3) test design. A mythical new certification testing program, called the Tennis Players' Certification Testing Program, is used to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Certification, Guidelines, Health Occupations, Higher Education
Fremer, John – The Researcher, 1978
Issues associated with minimum competency testing are discussed: the national, state, and local context for MCT program development; MCT's potential impact; the use and development of MCT programs; and reactions to the testing programs. Presently, the federal role is described as limited to providing information, research support, and technical…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of School Libraries. – 1978
These standards are intended to assist local school districts in New York State in selecting educational resources and audiovisual equipment and in providing for testing, guidance, and counseling services under Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The main purpose of the standards is to establish qualitative and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Services, Educational Resources
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1978
To comply with Ohio state standards, guidelines are provided for local school districts to organize a competency program. Five steps are outlined: (1) planning the program, including budgeting, scheduling, inservice training, coordinating advisory and working committees, and ensuring public awareness; (2) establishing competencies, by developing…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kozak, Michael R.; and Others – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop a catalog of professional and technical competencies needed by a teacher to teach all areas of industrial arts given in the Texas State Board of Education-approved revised curriculum as well as to define and recommend guidelines for implementation of competency testing for industrial arts. Following a research…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Guidelines, Higher Education
Barendsen, Robert D., Ed. – 1979
Materials concerning the 1978 national college entrance examination in the People's Republic of China are presented. This was the first nationally standardized test taken in China since the Cultural Revolution began in 1966. The examination contained tests in eight subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Chemistry, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
