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Peer reviewedLutkus, Anthony D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
New Jersey's statewide testing program demonstrates that systematic data collection and reporting can have a major impact on both understanding the gap between college expectations and high school preparation and on the college and pre-college efforts to close that gap. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education
Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1994
This plan presents the procedures to be followed in the administration of the Florida College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) for the 1994-95 academic year. The document specifies the responsibilities of the Department of Education, the technical support contractor, and individual institutions. The plan does not include procedures needed in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations
DATAWave, 1995
The DATAWave is a weekly publication of the Assessment Resource Office of Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Its purpose is to inform the campus community and broader constituencies about assessment issues and practice at ENMU. The issues of this first volume cover the following assessment topics: (1) introduction to the newsletter and report…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Environment, College Students, Educational Assessment
Parmer, Lorraine – 1975
This paper describes several learning laboratory program approaches to teaching students how to prepare for professional school admission exams. That these exams are true aptitude tests is a myth repeatedly deflated when students study for the tests and manage to score significantly higher on a second testing. Factors in addition to intelligence…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Anxiety, Business Administration, Developmental Programs
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
Hawisher, Margaret F. – 1979
An annotated bibliography on minimum competency testing is arranged by subtopics: overview; basic skills; compensatory education; competencies; cost effectiveness; curriculum; district programs; graduation requirements; handicapped students; legal aspects; readiness; reading; writing; state programs; teacher education; tests; math; and testing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences
