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Download full textPhelps, Richard P. – 2001
This document consists of 14 articles which appeared in the electronic news bulletin, "EducationNews.org," and which were part of a series on "Test Bashing," a discussion of the use of standardized tests that focuses on controversies surrounding the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and test score improvements in Texas. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau, Office of Education, Assessment and Research. – 1985
The Alaska Statewide Assessment Test (ASAT) in reading and math is administered to fourth and eighth graders every two years. This document contains three separate assessment reports generally titled "An Update on the Alaska Statewide Testing Program." Assessment Report 8, "The Interpretive Panels Look at Results," lists…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8
Dangler, Sue A. – 1994
A survey was completed by 30 administrators in Northwest Ohio who were in charge of the administration and remediation for the Ohio Ninth Grade Proficiency Tests for their respective schools. On a scale of 0 to 5 (0 signifying not at all and 5 signifying great extent), the respondents were asked to rate 20 different intervention and remediation…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrators, Grade 9, High School Students
Peer reviewedMoore, William P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
Teacher testing-related attitudes and practices related to court-ordered achievement testing were studied through a mail survey completed by 79 elementary school teachers in a midwestern urban district. Teachers engaged in a large number of test preparation practices and reported finding minimal value in purpose or results of testing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
