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Download full textOlsen, Robert B.; Unlu, Fatih; Price, Cristofer; Jaciw, Andrew P. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This report examines the differences in impact estimates and standard errors that arise when these are derived using state achievement tests only (as pre-tests and post-tests), study-administered tests only, or some combination of state- and study-administered tests. State tests may yield different evaluation results relative to a test that is…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, State Standards, Reading Achievement
Direct linkSanford, Eldis E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) focuses on accountability for student achievement by mandating higher educational standards that are monitored through required annual student testing. The Complementary Assistance Learning Program (CALP), a before and after school tutoring and mentoring service, offers a potential means of accelerating the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Test Results, Federal Legislation, Educational Testing
Management and Evaluation Associates, Highstown, NJ. – 1988
This report is designed to provide New Jersey Congressional legislators with current information on the effectiveness of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) Chapter 1 Program in New Jersey. Data on the reading and mathematics performance of ECIA Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 8 from participating districts were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Loundmon, Queen Brame – 2000
This report presents findings from the evaluation of the second year of the professional services agreement between the Detroit, Michigan, Public Schools and Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. Under a contract with the school system, Sylvan attempted to improve the reading achievement of low-achieving students in 10 Title 1 schools. The program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Haase, Murray; Caffrey, Patrick – 1983
The activities of Sacramento City College's (SCC's) Assessment Center are described in this report for April 1, 1982 through October 31, 1982. After revealing a 12.13% increase in the use of the Assessment Center over the previous year, the report provides data on the reading levels of SCC students and shows that through the college's assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis
Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Martinez, Felipe; O'Day, Jennifer; Stecher, Brian; Taylor, James; Cook, Andrea – US Department of Education, 2007
This report presents findings about accountability from two longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of "No Child Left Behind" (NLS-"NCLB"), and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under "No Child Left Behind" (SSI-"NCLB"). The research teams for these two…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
Winfield, Linda F. – 1987
The two exploratory studies presented in this research report used multilevel data obtained in the 1983-84 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) to investigate the relationship between minimum competency testing (MCT) programs and student reading proficiency. A "school effects" paradigm was used in Study 1 to assess the effect…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Ogden, Jane – 1979
Mathematics achievement test scores of high school students in the Austin Independent School District who graduated before implementation of minimum competency testing were compared to the scores of students who were more recently enrolled in mathematics tutorial classes in order to meet minimum competency requirements. The percentages of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Trends, Graduation Requirements
Yakimowski-Strebnick, Mary E.; Adedoyin, Kimberly Clark; Connolly, Faith – ERS Spectrum, 2003
The Baltimore City Public School System's (BCPSS) Grade 9 Transition Program was implemented in 2001-02. It is designed to increase student achievement in an era of No Child Left Behind federal legislation by providing additional time and learning opportunities for eighth-grade students who have not met all promotion standards established by the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests
Tennessee State Board of Education, 2005
Currently, the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) encompasses four mandated testing programs. This document includes results from the TCAP Achievement Test in reading/language, mathematics, science, and social studies in grades 3-8; the Writing Assessment in grades 5, 8, and 11; the Gateway Assessments, administered initially to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Grade 5, Grade 3
