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League for Innovation in the Community Coll., Laguna Hills, CA. – 1988
A description is provided of the experiences of three community colleges in implementing computerized adaptive testing to assess the entry-level skills of students. Chapter 1 provides background information on the project, which utilized The College Board's Computerized Placement Tests (CPT's), a battery of untimed, individualized tests of reading…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedSimms, Mark D.; Bolden, Barbara J. – Child Welfare, 1991
A 16-week pilot program, sponsored and carried out by mental health practitioners, created a neutral setting for structured visits of biological parents, their children in placement, and the children's foster parents. Results were sufficiently promising to warrant planning for a more extensive, research-based program. (GLR)
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Foster Children, Foster Family, Mental Health Workers
PDF pending restorationAustin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1992
This document presents effectiveness charts that demonstrate the impact of various programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) on strategic objectives of the district and executive summaries of all reports produced by the AISD's Office of Research and Evaluation in 1990-91. The programs described in the effectiveness charts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Download full textO'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
The Cognitive Science Laboratory of the University of Southern California has conducted a series of studies on the experimental effects of motivation on a low-stakes (to the student) standardized test. This report summarizes these studies and their results. The test in question is the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A series of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Experiments, Grade 12, Grade 8
Lowe, Elaine, Ed. – 2001
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Care, Child Responsibility, Children
