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Download full textFratto, Kim; Throndsen, Jennifer; Suddreth, Diana; Nielsen, Darin – Utah State Board of Education, 2018
The purpose of this report is to provide formative and summative feedback to the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) regarding evidence of implementation and impact for the Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot Program. The report, while addressing the effects of the Interventions for Reading Difficulties Pilot Program, is also designed to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, State Programs
McMurrer, Jennifer; Kober, Nancy – Center on Education Policy, 2011
This report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization, examines trends in the achievement of high school students on the state reading/English language arts (ELA) and mathematics tests used for accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In most states, these tests are first administered in grade…
Descriptors: High School Students, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, American Indians
Linton, Thomas H.; Kester, Donald; Cassidy, Jack – 2002
The purpose of this study was to investigate the achievement gap between minority and white students by analyzing 1996 and 2000 reading and mathematics scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) at grades 5, 8, and 10. The focus was on score increases, the achievement gap between white and minority students, and whether or not a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Tests, Minority Groups
Myerberg, N. James – 1982
Project Basic is a program developed by the Maryland State Department of Education to assure that students attain basic skills in a variety of areas. Two levels of tests are given in grade 7 to monitor progress, and in grades 9 to 12 to determine whether each student has met the state minimum competency level. Students must pass the higher level…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Tests
PDF pending restorationDelaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2002
The results in this report, from the fifth administration of the grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 reading, mathematics, and writing portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), represent an important step in Delawares efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Reading, mathematics, and writing data for grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests
Dulaney, Chuck; Regan, Roger – 2002
Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) students in grades 3 through 8 took the North Carolina End-of-Grade (EOG) multiple-choice tests during the months of May and June of 2002. These tests are the basis of the accountability program referred to as ABCs, Accountability, Basics, and Control. WCPSS EOG multiple-choice results for 2001-2002 show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Fejoku, Caroline – 1999
Students in grades 3 through 8 of the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) took the North Carolina End-of-Grade (EOG) multiple choice tests during May and June 1999. All EOG tests are designed to measure student achievement of knowledge and skills of the North Carolina standard course of study. The multiple choice tests are required in reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Sykes, Robert C.; Heidorn, Mark; Lee, Guemin – 1999
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different modes (modalities) of assigning raters to test items. The impact on total constructed response (c.r.) score, and subsequently on total test score, of assigning a single versus multiple raters to an examination reading of a student's set of c.r. responses was evaluated for several mixed-item…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1987
This report consists of data tables summarizing test results statewide for students in grades 11 and 12 who took the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) test in March, 1987. The MBS assesses minimum skills in reading and mathematics. It is used as the graduation test for students who entered ninth grade prior to September 1985 and have not yet…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1984
Compliance with South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP), involving test administration and instructional monitoring, was on schedule for the 1983-84 school year. Results of readiness tests given to over 50,000 first graders showed 72.6% "ready" to begin formal instruction. Teachers were given materials for areas in which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedRegional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2007
To complement the information gathered on middle school and high school literacy initiatives as reported in "Middle and High School Literacy across the Curriculum" (Task 1.2 Fast Response Project), the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (REL-SE) staff conducted a scan of the six southeast states to gather the following information…
Descriptors: Evidence, Primary Education, Literacy, State Policy
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1995
This score interpretation guide is designed to help administrators and classroom teachers understand the scores and scales of the 1994 and Beyond Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). MSPAP scale scores indicate a school's level of performance in the content areas of reading, writing, language usage, mathematics, science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Usage, Mathematics Tests
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report presents Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) performance results and results on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) in October 1990. This volume is comprised of the following sections: (1) Section I, an executive summary of TAAS performance for each grade level; (2) Section II, an overview of the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This report of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) Student Performance Results lists performance results on the TAAS and the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), an exit examination, alphabetically by school district for each grade level tested (grades 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 for the TAAS and grades 11 and 12 for the initial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1986
This Technical Report provides descriptions and summary data that assist measurement specialists in assessing the procedures used in developing New Jersey's High School Proficiency Test (HSPT), the technical qualities of the tests, and the statewide results obtained from its use. The data summarized in this report were collected during the various…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Item Analysis
