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Direct linkEngelbrecht, Johann; Mwambakana, Jeanine – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
The purpose of mathematics competitions, and in our case the South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO), is to promote problem solving skills and strategies, to generate interest and enthusiasm for mathematics and to identify the most talented mathematical minds. SAMO is organised in two divisions--a junior and a senior division--over three rounds.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Junior High School Students, Competition, Foreign Countries
Download full textHambleton, Ronald K.; Bourque, Mary Lyn – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement over time. The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) has established new standards for reporting the results that determined three…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1987
This paper explores some of the issues involved in developing an index of functional literacy that can serve diagnostic purposes. In 1985, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett outlined principles for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), including a principle calling for NAEP to "develop an index of functional literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Peer reviewedWelch, Wayne W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Describes a secondary analysis of a national assessment of educational progress in science which was conducted in 1981-1982 with students of age nine. Suggests that elementary school students' achievement and attitude are influenced jointly by a number of factors rather than by one or two dominant ones. (TW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Environment
Shepard, Lorrie; And Others – 1993
One year before the National Education Summit, Congress had reauthorized the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and created a National Assessment Governing Board to develop and oversee policy for the NAEP. In conjunction with the call to establish national education goals, efforts are being made to establish standards for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Students
