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Holcombe, Bettye Pulliam; Shelton, Aubrey W. – 1990
As a result of the Educational Reform Act in 1982, the Mississippi State Board of Education adopted accreditation levels from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest level. In 1988, 17 school districts were assigned to the Level 1 status by the Commission on School Accreditation, based on results of the following performance standards: Basic Skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
Download full textDurost, Walter N. – 1971
The New Hampshire statewide testing program was implemented to provide a data base for the evaluation of the effectiveness of Title I projects as required by Federal law. To accomplish this objective, achievement and intelligence tests were administered to children in Title I projects and regular programs in four elementary grades--2, 4, 6 and 8.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education
Lanese, James F. – 1991
A study involving all students taking the California Achievement Test (CAT) in the Cleveland City School District (Ohio) during the fall of 1989 was conducted to assess the effects of the use of parallel test forms. Each spring, all students in grades 4, 6, and 8 are selected to take the appropriate level of the CAT reading test, Form E. As a…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Equated Scores
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1986
During April, 1986, approximately 60,000 Delaware public school students in grades 1 through 8 and in grade 11 were administered a battery of achievement tests as part of the state-funded Delaware Educational Assessment Program (DEAP). The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) in reading, language arts, and mathematics was administered. In…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Shellman, David W. – 1992
The paradox of site-based school management with use of standardized tests or instructional management systems that restrict teacher choices was evident in one school district in North Carolina in which measurement of student success has centered on student performance on state-mandated tests. A study was conducted to see if students whose…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
Results from North Carolina's End-of-Course Testing Program in 1989-90 are presented. Participation, student characteristics, and achievement are summarized, largely in table form, for the following subject areas: (1) Algebra I, (2) Geometry, (3) Algebra II, (4) Biology, (5) Chemistry, (6) Physics, (7) U.S. History, and (8) English I. Background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Biology, Chemistry
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1992
This report provides an overview of the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) and summarizes students' average writing assessment scores from 1987 through 1992. Oklahoma has completed its 6th year of administering a state legislature mandated test to 10th graders and its 5th year of testing 7th graders. The Stanford Writing Assessment Program was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Grade 10
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1993
This report provides an overview of the Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTP) and summarizes students' average writing assessment scores from 1987 through 1993. In 1992, the Stanford Writing Assessment replaced the MAT-6 Writing Test as the instrument for measuring writing achievement for 7th and 10th graders in Oklahoma. Student papers were hand…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Grade 10
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1992
Since 1989, the Texas Education Agency has reported selected results from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT) Program's original and Enhanced ACT Assessment for prior year graduating seniors. This fourth annual report presents data for the 1990-91 graduating class. Score data from these examinations are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
