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Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2024
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 6 and 7 English Language…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Language Arts, English Instruction
New York State Education Department, 2020
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Direct linkTindal, Gerald; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Stevens, Joseph J. – Educational Assessment, 2017
For the past decade, the accountability model associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasized proficiency on end of year tests; with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the emphasis on proficiency within statewide testing programs, though now integrated with other measures of student learning, nevertheless remains a primary metric for…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Models, State Standards
Irvin, P. Shawn; Alonzo, Julie; Lai, Cheng-Fei; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2012
In this technical report, we present the results of a reliability study of the seventh-grade multiple choice reading comprehension measures available on the easyCBM learning system conducted in the spring of 2011. Analyses include split-half reliability, alternate form reliability, person and item reliability as derived from Rasch analysis,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Testing Programs, Statistical Analysis, Grade 7
Pang, Valerie Ooka; Han, Peggy P.; Pang, Jennifer M. – Educational Researcher, 2011
The authors studied more than 1 million Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and White seventh graders in a statewide California testing program between 2003 and 2008, examining their reading and math achievement. AAPI student performance is often reported as an aggregate in discussions of the success of schoolchildren and issues of racial…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Testing Programs, Pacific Islanders, Grade 7
Johnson, Lynne M.; Finch, John M. – 1976
The highlights of South Carolina's Statewide Testing Program, Fall, 1975 are summarized. Chapter one provides an overview of the report including the program's historical origins and changes that have occurred over the past five years as well as a delineation of the program's major objectives. Chapter two is concerned with ways in which the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Grade 11, Grade 4
PDF pending restorationColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1992
Colorado conducts an assessment program to provide a statewide profile of student achievement. Results for fall 1988 and fall 1991 are presented in a series of tables. A standardized, nationally norm-referenced achievement test, the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, was administered in 1988 to students in grades 4, 7, and 10, and again to the same…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Lewis, Janice C. – 1986
The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship between academic achievement and demographic and school background variables for school districts and school buildings and to develop from these relationships a basis for comparing achievement at similar schools. The sample consisted of Iowa public school districts that participated in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Budgeting, Discipline Policy, Elementary Education
Wahlstrom, M.; And Others – 1977
Evaluation and assessment procedures of Ontario, Canada principals and teachers at the Intermediate level (grades 7 and 8) were examined. Extensive questionnaires were returned by 134 principals and 225 teachers divided across the subject areas of English, Mathematics, Science, Languages, History, Home Economics or Shop, Arts, and Physical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Aptitude Tests
