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Direct linkManoj Karikode Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with different abilities perform lower on state standardized tests, such as the STAAR test (Texas Education Agency, n.d.). The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to study the underlying causes that contributed to the low performance of students with different abilities on STAAR standardized tests and strategies the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Teachers, Standardized Tests, Test Score Decline
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Download full textBackes, Ben; Cowan, James – Grantee Submission, 2019
Nearly two dozen states now administer online exams to deliver testing to K-12 students. These tests have real consequences: their results feed into accountability systems, which have been used for more than a decade to hold schools and districts accountable for their students' learning. We examine the rollout of computer-based testing in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, Language Tests
Institute for Independent Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
Median test scores on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) for many District of Columbia public schools declined substantially in 1990, although this decline was not evident in reports from school officials. These declines occurred at elementary, junior high, and senior high school levels, in grades 6, 9, and 11, respectively. They also…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Ethnic Distribution, Scores
Einspruch, Eric – 1990
Determining the overall pass rates on the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) for a given cohort of students involves an analysis of both the first-time examinee performance and subsequent pass rates of students who failed the test and retook it at a later date. Two increases in the scores required to pass the CLAST in 1986 and 1989 have…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Belcher, Marcia J. – 1989
Cutscores for certifying competence on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) have been raised three times since the test was implemented in 1982. In 1989, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to challenge the contention that a vast majority of students taking the CLAST under the largest and most recent jump in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Cutting Scores
Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1995
This annual report examines trends in Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) data for Maryland vis-a-vis national trends. Major findings include the following: (1) composite SAT scores for Maryland students trail the national average for the first time since 1982; (2) composite SAT scores of African-Americans in Maryland have consistently trailed those…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Black Students, College Bound Students
