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Download full textSteedle, Jeffrey T. – ACT, Inc., 2021
Statewide testing with college admissions exams dates to 2001, when Colorado and Illinois introduced the practice. Such testing expanded in subsequent years, and beginning in 2017--2018, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allowed states to use a college admissions exam to meet accountability requirements for high schools. Some see this option…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, College Entrance Examinations, High Stakes Tests, Academic Achievement
Thurlow, Martha L.; Albus, Debra A.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2015
Graduation requirements and diploma options for students with disabilities who participate in the general assessment has been a topic of interest for many years. The recent push for all students, including those with disabilities, to leave school ready for college and career has heightened the importance of understanding what states are requiring…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements
Muli, Juliana; Gilleland, Kevin; McMillen, Brad – Wake County Public School System, 2014
As the ACT has become part of North Carolina's mandatory testing program, SAT participation in Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and North Carolina has declined in recent years. However, SAT performance in WCPSS remains high compared to state and national averages. In 2012-13, students in WCPSS continued to score 50-60 points higher on the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Testing Programs, Public Schools, School Districts
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2004
The tenth annual report on student assessment in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education is presented as required by the State Regents' "Policy Statement on the Assessment of Students for Purposes of Instructional Improvement and State System Accountability." Each institution must evaluate students at four levels (graduate student assessment…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Standards, Accountability, Educational Improvement
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Direct linkBurke, Karen – College Student Journal, 2005
Policy makers in states across the country are taking a hard look at prospective teachers and the colleges that train them. Anyone who seeks permanent certification to teach in elementary or secondary schools in most states is now required to achieve a qualifying score on a set of tests administered by the State Teacher Certification Examination…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Certification, Student Teachers, Predictor Variables
Venezia, Andrea; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Oregon has been a leader in K-16 reform through its development of the Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS), which articulated postsecondary expectations and linked them with K-12…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
