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Download full textTyler, Doris – 2001
In the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) is administered to all third grade students each year. The ITBS, which is one of the assessments used as a screening tool for the Academically Gifted Program, was given to approximately 7,700 third graders in 2000. The ITBS can be given as a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Tyler, Doris – 2000
This document presents results for students in the Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS), North Carolina, on the North Carolina Tests of Computer Skills. In 1991, North Carolina established a computer proficiency requirement for graduation, which is now effective for the class of 2001. Beginning in 1967, eighth graders were to have at least one…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Literacy, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
Tyler, Doris; Cowan, Jane – 1996
Students whose primary language is not English and who are of limited English proficiency are an increasing percentage of North Carolina's school population at all grade levels and in all parts of the state. These guidelines are designed to clarify their participation in the statewide testing program. This program includes the end-of-grade tests…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
