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Peer reviewedWinfield, Linda F. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1990
The relationship between school-level minimum competency testing (MCT) programs and student reading proficiency measured by the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress was studied in subsamples of 10,367 fourth graders, 10,829 eighth graders, and 13,513 eleventh graders. No advantages of MCT programs were seen in grade 4. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkBach, James V.; Thul, Nancy G.; Foord, Kathleen A. – Principal Leadership, 2004
To refocus its professional development plan, Chaska Middle School East (Minnesota) looked at where student achievement was lagging. Using the Killion back-mapping model, a student-focused, data-driven, multi-step process by which teachers gather and study student data to determine where professional growth, development, or training is most…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Academic Achievement, Faculty Development
Download full textHarrington, Patti – Utah State Office of Education, 2009
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's education status for 2009. This paper contains the following: (1) Core CRT Language Arts Testing, 2008; (2) Core CRT Mathematics Testing, 2008; (3) 2008 Public Education General Fund--Funding by Source and Expenditures by Function; (4) 2008-09 Public School Enrollment Demographics; (5) Public Schools…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests
PDF pending restorationWisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1993
Results from the 1993 administration of the Wisconsin Third Grade Reading Test are presented in a 43-page table that lists the results for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Statewide, over 52,000 students from over 300 districts took this test. The following categories for each 4-digit district code and each 8-digit school code…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1998
Information was sought about three main issues related to voluntary national tests for fourth-grade reading and eighth-grade mathematics: (1) the relationship between the National Assessment Governing Board and the U.S. Department of Education; (2) costs of developing the national voluntary tests and procedures for hiring contractors; and (3)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Costs, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1992
An overview and summary are presented of the implementation of the Connecticut Mastery Test for grade 4. The testing program assesses essential skills in mathematics and language arts including listening, reading, and writing for students in grades 4, 6, and 8. The criterion-referenced mastery test assesses how well each student is performing on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This report presents the performance for school district categories and for individual school districts on the seventh grade Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) test. The Grade 7 criterion-referenced test contained three sections: mathematics, reading, and writing. Testing was conducted during February 1986. This report is in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) Exit Level Reading Test is based on ten behavioral objectives that fall under six skill areas. Satisfactory performance on this test is required for high school graduation in Texas. This document, intended for teachers and test developers, presents general testing instructions and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1984
As part of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) annual assessment of achievement, the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) were administered to approximately 14,768 first-grade pupils in the fall of 1983. The mean scaled scores of the DoDDS first graders clustered around the national mean of 150. The DoDDS mean scores in the various…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Dependents Schools
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1978
The Oklahoma Educational Status Study was conducted to determine student achievement in reading and mathematics. A stratified random sampling of students in grades 3, 6, and 9, were administered the mathematics and reading subtests of the California Achievement Tests (CAT); twelfth grade students were administered only a criterion-referenced test,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2001
This document contains preliminary state-level results for the 2000-2001 North Carolina state testing program. No conclusions about achievement are drawn in this report, although percentages achieving at given Achievement Levels are given for the end-of-grade tests. The Grade 3 Pretest is a multiple-choice reading and mathematics test administered…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Biology, Charter Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2000
This document contains results for 1998-1999 for several North Carolina state testing programs. The Grade 3 Pretest is a multiple-choice reading and mathematics test administered to students in the first 3 weeks of third grade. This pretest was administered to more than 101,000 students in the beginning of the 1998-1999 school year. Results show…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Biology, Charter Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1999
Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, the North Carolina State Board of Education authorized the administration of North Carolina-developed end-of-grade tests aligned with the state's "Standard Course of Study." These curriculum-based tests were administered to over 553,000 students in grades 3 through 8 at the end of the 1997-98 school…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Biology, Charter Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2001
This document contains results for 1999-2000 for North Carolina state testing programs. The Grade 3 pretest is a multiple-choice reading and mathematics test administered to students in the first 3 weeks of grade 3. This pretest was administered to more than 102,000 students in the 1999-2000 school year. Results showed that 69.8% of students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Biology, Charter Schools
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
