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Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) is a Key Stage 5 qualification aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. Its stated main purpose is to increase participation in post-16 maths and to help develop students' mathematical knowledge and its application to a range of different areas. This means CM…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests, Exit Examinations, Qualifications
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
The main aim of this research was to investigate the impact of reducing the number of components on overall performance in GCSE subjects. In particular, researchers were interested in how the grade achieved by candidates on a reduced number of components compares to their grade on the full qualification. This research mainly looked at GCSEs with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) qualifications were introduced into the post-16 curriculum in England in 2014, with first assessments in 2016. They are a suite of qualifications aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 (originally a grade C) or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. This group comprised around 40% of all students in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Qualifications, College Mathematics, Intellectual Disciplines
Came, Deb; Drake, Linda – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2017
The Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program (WCAP) is a maturing and stable program. In 2016-17 it included: (1) Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) in English Language Arts (ELA) and math for students in grades 3-8 and high school; (2) Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) in science for grades 5 and 8; (3) End-of-Course exams in math and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Language Arts, Mathematics, Grade 3
Alabama State Department of Education, 2014
Beginning in January of 2012, the Alabama State Board of Education embarked on a bold and transformation plan for K-12 public education known as PLAN 2020. Foundational to this plan was a new definition of a successful and prepared high school graduate informed by community colleges, institutions of higher education, and business and industry,…
Descriptors: Public Education, Graduation Rate, School Safety, Discipline
Betts, Julian R.; Zau, Andrew C.; Zieleniak, Yendrick; Bachofer, Karen Volz – Public Policy Institute of California, 2012
The California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) plays an important role in California's public school accountability program. Beginning in grade 10, students have multiple chances to pass the mathematics and English Language Arts components of this exam. If they do not pass both components by the end of grade 12, they will not receive a high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grades (Scholastic), English, Language Arts
Alabama State Department of Education, 2013
Educational progress has been moving in the right direction for several years in Alabama. Now, with the implementation of Alabama's own Plan 2020, an even higher level of accountability for students, teachers, administrators, support systems, and schools/school systems, Alabama is poised to experience unprecedented growth. Add to that, the Alabama…
Descriptors: Public Education, Graduation Rate, Advanced Placement Programs, Attendance
Ou, Dongshu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
This paper presents new empirical evidence on whether failing the high school exit exam increases the chance of exiting from high school "prior to high school completion". More importantly, the author discusses the potentially different impacts of failing the High School Exit Exams (HSEE) on students with limited English proficiency,…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Academic Failure, High School Students, Dropouts
Alabama Department of Education, 2011
In a more consistent and viable manner than ever before, education in Alabama is moving toward its ultimate goal of providing every student with a quality education, thereby preparing them for work, college, and life after high school. Alabama's graduation rates from 2002 to 2008 increased significantly, tripling the national average increase and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Student Characteristics, Attendance
State Board of Education School Report Card for 2003-2004: A State Summary. Bulletin 2005, Number 99
Alabama State Department of Education, 2005
This report provides a comprehensive summary of statistical data on the state of education in Alabama. It is divided into eight sections: (1) General school information (students, staffing); (2) State accountability (adequate yearly progress status, adequate yearly progress summary); (3) Student academic performance (Alabama reading and…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Educational Improvement, Report Cards, Performance Based Assessment
Alabama Department of Education, 2010
Year after year, the goal of educators, parents, and concerned citizens throughout Alabama is to provide this state's children with the highest level of quality education possible. The future of Alabama's businesses, industries, commerce, labor force, arts, humanities, and countless other areas are determined by the education that is provided to…
Descriptors: Public Education, School Safety, Discipline, Federal Legislation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report presents Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) performance results and results on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) in October 1990. This volume is comprised of the following sections: (1) Section I, an executive summary of TAAS performance for each grade level; (2) Section II, an overview of the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Student Performance Results lists performance results on the TAAS and the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), an exit examination, alphabetically by school district for each grade level tested (grades 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 for the TAAS and grades 11 and 12 for the initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1989
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) measures 16 basic skills objectives as mandated by legislation enacted in 1978. The BSAP Reading and Mathematics Tests were administered April 17 through 21, 1989. The tests for grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8 consisted of 6 multiple-choice questions for each of the 11 objectives in reading and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1989
This document is the annual report on the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) established by legislation in 1978. In 1988, the tests and the monitoring of the instructional components were completed on time. The tests include: (1) first grade readiness; (2) tests for grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8; and (3) the Exit Examination required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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