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Connors-Tadros, L. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
The Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) was asked to provide information on how other states are approaching the development and implementation of Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) as part of a comprehensive assessment system. Specifically, the request asked for information about KEA measures used by other states, the processes…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, State Policy, Information Sources, Educational Resources
Duffy, Mark C. – 2001
Findings are reported from a 50-state survey of state assessment and accountability systems conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education in 2000. A four-step process was used to collect and verify data for the preparation of state profiles. Nine common layers of accountability have been identified: (1) a statewide system of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Fenton, Ray – 2001
This paper discusses the development of the Anchorage Kindergarten Developmental Profile in the context of the Alaska Kindergarten Developmental Profile and presents some evaluation results from studies of the Anchorage measure. Alaska mandated the completion of an Alaska Developmental Profile (ADP) on each kindergarten student and each student…
Descriptors: Child Development, Diagnostic Tests, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1990
Schools that are concerned with evaluating their programs need more than just the average scaled assessment scores from standardized tests. To help schools, the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program produces school and district reports that contain the stories behind the averages. These reports describe the kind of students who took the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Utilization, Intermediate Grades
Hagen, Randi; Olofson, Sharon – 1983
This report contains the 1982-83 results of the annual administration of the California Assessment Program's Survey of Basic Skills to 3rd, 6th, and 12th grade students in the Mount Diablo School District. The survey measures the reading, written language, and mathematics skill attainment of schools and districts, but not of individual students.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 3
Goertz, Margaret E. – 2001
This paper uses data collected from the 50 states in year 2000 by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) to describe how states are holding schools accountable for student performance. The data collection process focused on policies in place during the 1999-2000 school year. Profiles prepared from this data represent the policy…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1982
The California Assessment Program (CAP) presents the Survey of Basic Skills report for grades 3 and 6 of an Alameda County elementary school for 1982. This report begins with an overview of school and district achievement and progresses to more detailed information related to performance in specific skill areas and scores for different groups of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Falk, Beverly; Ort, Suzanna Wichterle; Moirs, Katie – 1999
This paper describes the development work and research findings of an initiative to create a statewide literacy assessment in New York to inform teaching and learning and report on group performance trends. The Early Literacy Profile (ELP) is a classroom-based, standards-referenced performance assessment for students in the primary grades…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Emergent Literacy
Goertz, Margaret E. – 1988
This report provides updated information on state standards in the 1986-87 school year. Each state was sent its previously compiled 1984-85 profile for review and revision. Responses were received from 48 of the 50 states, and data from the 1984-85 profile were used for states that did not respond. The first part of the report summarizes the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Bobbett, Gordon C.; French, Russell L. – 1993
As the latest in a series of studies analyzing the data reported on Tennessee's school district report cards, this paper focuses on finding a common statistical treatment to examine the impact of predictor variables on dependent variables. Investigations of the 1988-89 report card data explored the relationships among eight school district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. – 1989
New Mexico has established a system of student achievement assessment that consists of four coordinated testing programs. District and state results are given for these assessments. The Reading Assessment, consisting of a norm-referenced test and a criterion-referenced test, is used in grades 1 and 2 to assess student mastery of essential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
South Dakota State Dept. of Education and Cultural Affairs, Pierre. – 1996
This statistical profile provides a comprehensive resource for citizens, parents, educators, legislators, researchers, and others who want facts about education in South Dakota. South Dakota has 177 school districts, with 774 schools. Fifty percent of these schools have 100 students or fewer, and only 7% have more than 500 students. The 1995-96…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Educational Finance

Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1997
Annually in May and June, grade 3, 6, and 9 students in Alberta (Canada) take provincial achievement tests. This guide, in both English and French versions, explains the achievement tests. The tests are designed to indicate how well students meet the province's standards, to support teachers in planning instruction, and to inform the public about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office for Planning, Research, and Program Accountability. – 1990
The New York State Education Department is legislatively mandated to present an annual report on education in the state, summarizing enrollment, academic achievement, student outcomes, and information about teachers and staff. As one part of the annual report, this document presents individual school district profiles largely for the 1988-89…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Outcomes of Education
Cheong, Jacquelline; Barr, Mary – 1993
The use of classroom assessments in the context of the new assessment system for California schools, the California Learning Assessment System, is discussed by describing the California Learning Record (CLR). The CLR emphasizes the central role of teachers in equitable assessment of student learning for students of diverse cultural and ethnic…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Educational Assessment