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Download full textFoorman, Barbara R.; Petscher, Yaacov; Schatschneider, Chris – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2015
The FAIR-FS consists of computer-adaptive reading comprehension and oral language screening tasks that provide measures to track growth over time, as well as a Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) linked to grade-level performance (i.e., the 40th percentile) on the reading comprehension subtest of the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-10) in the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Screening Tests, Reading Comprehension, Oral Language
Spalding, Audrey – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2014
The 2014 Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Report Card is the Mackinac Center's second effort to measure high school performance. The first high school assessment was published in 2012, followed by the Center's 2013 elementary and middle school report card, which used a similar methodology to evaluate school performance. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1980
The underlying theme of the 1979-80 Hartford Public Schools Group test results was maintenance of the status quo. There were both gains and declines in city-wide averages: individual subtest gains in some cases, put Hartford at or above the national norm (math computation in grades 2, 3, and 4), while the reading comprehension averages in grades 7…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Testing, Reading Skills
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) office of Research and Evaluation presents Basic Skills Achievement, 1981-82 (BSA). The BSA answers the following questions: (1) How does AISD student achievement compare to student achievement nationwide? (2) How does AISD's 1981-82 student achievement compare to the achievement of students in past…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms
Funk, Gerald W. – 1979
A project continued activity to improve the occupational competency assessment program for evaluating and certifying vocational education teachers. Development of new testing was continued by Temple University, The Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pittsburgh. Workshops for test developers were conducted to ensure standardization of…
Descriptors: Competence, Examiners, Minimum Competency Testing, Occupational Tests
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1989
The Iowa Norming Study determined how well graduating high school seniors (N=722) performed on the revised 1988 Tests of General Educational Development (GED), providing the data to describe and evaluate the score requirements for GED Test candidates in terms of the percentage of Iowa high school graduates a GED Test candidate must exceed to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cutting Scores, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Achilles, C. M.; DuVall, Lloyd – 1983
Pupils at three elementary schools and one junior high school among Area 1 inner-city schools of St. Louis Missouri, were identified as scoring well below norms on standardized tests. An effort to change the educational programs at these schools netted financial support and the creation of Project SHAL (named for the schools involved). Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Change
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1991
Statistics in this report reflect characteristics of 1991 graduates from a given school (individual data, however, are not provided in this sample) who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program assessment. A 5-year trend history of college-bound students is provided. The following tables are presented: (1) average ACT scores by academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
