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The Analysis of a Teacher Test Preparation Tutorial to Learner Test Scores: An Action Research Study
Direct linkMild, Toni L. Hittle – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many Pennsylvania colleges and universities require that teacher candidates pass a standardized assessment in order to gain formal entry in to their education programs. Standardized tests are also required for Level I teacher certification within Pennsylvania. The initial assessment required of all Pennsylvania preservice teachers for…
Descriptors: Tests, Test Preparation, Scores, Action Research
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Download full textYi, Jyi-yeon – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2009
Given that nowadays writing skill is included in main standardised tests worldwide as well as nationwide, as writing assessment is employed as a part of performance assessment in classroom testing at high school level in Korea, English teachers are first expected to establish the construct of writing ability explicitly prior to devising other…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Definitions, Writing Tests
Chen, Eva; Niemi, David; Wang, Jia; Wang, Haiwen; Mirocha, Jim – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
This study investigated the level of generalizability across a few high quality assessment tasks and the validity of measuring student writing ability using a limited number of essay tasks. More specifically, the research team explored how well writing prompts could measure student general writing ability and if student performance from one…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Writing Ability, Writing Tests, Writing Evaluation
PDF pending restorationMcLean, James E.; Snyder, Scott W.; Abbott, Gypsy; Reid, Brian; Ernest, James; Heath, Roy – 1997
A study evaluated the Alabama Direct Assessment of Writing Program. The comprehensive evaluation examined the background literature, the psychometric characteristics, and the impact of the writing assessment both quantitatively and qualitatively. Results indicated that: (1) the majority of fifth- and seventh-grade students in Alabama do not…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron; Gallagher, Brenda McSparrin – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2004
In the present study, 49 fifth-graders enrolled the KIPP D.I.A.M.O.N.D. Academy in the 2002-03 school year were individually matched to control student from five feeder schools on the basis of ethnicity, free-reduced lunch status, and fourth-grade achievement on the Reading and Mathematics subtests of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Control Groups, Achievement Tests, Writing Evaluation
Achieve, Inc., 2005
Achieve was asked by the Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, and the Partnership for Learning to conduct a study of the 10th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The intent of the study was to compare the content, rigor and passing scores on…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Reading Tests, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests
