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Direct linkMcCombes-Tolis, Jule; Feinn, Richard – Reading Psychology, 2008
This study compared elementary and special education teachers' knowledge of when K-3 students develop key reading competencies, their knowledge of who is responsible for teaching K-3 students key reading competencies, and teachers' perceptions of their own instructionally relevant competencies to those standards articulated within their state's…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Special Education Teachers, Minimum Competency Testing, Grade 3
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
Developed as part of the Arkansas Minimum Performance Testing Program (MPT), these item specifications relate to the third grade reading minimum performance test. There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. Item specifications are intended to provide an overview of the general content and format of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Consisting of items from the 1998 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment as well as some items created specifically for the Practice Test, this Practice Test intends to be representative of the type of test and contain items similar to those that appear on actual grade 3 reading tests. These practice tests are not intended to be psychometrically…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Grade 3, Minimum Competency Testing
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
Developed as part of the Arkansas Minimum Performance Testing Program (MPT), these item specifications relate to the third grade language arts minimum performance test. There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. Item specifications are intended to provide an overview of the general content and format of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Language Arts, Minimum Competencies
Reading Competencies for Shelf Tests. Wisconsin Competency-Based Testing Program. Bulletin No. 5192.
Thoman, John; Brewer, Ben – 1984
The competencies, item specifications, and sample items for the reading measures devised for the Wisconsin Competency-Based Testing Program are provided in this booklet. Following lists of reading competencies to be tested for grades three, seven, and ten, the booklet presents guidelines used in preparing the tests and test items; general item…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 3
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1997
Discussing the established legislation and background behind the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, this document outlines reading test specifications for third and fifth grade. It gives specifications for grades three and five on Reading Passages, Readability, Test Conditions, and Test Forms. Two sections are devoted to details for each grade…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Nichols, Diane B. – 1987
This practicum report is a structured account of efforts to improve student test scores and maximize the use of available test data in two rural Florida schools. This practicum was designed to evaluate the meaningfulness and use of Florida's State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) to teachers of second and third grade students. The SSAT is required…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Grade 2, Grade 3
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1978
Results of the second year of the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Tests in reading and mathematics, mandated by the New Jersey Public School Education Act of 1975, are summarized. Approximately 397,000 students in grades three, six, nine, and eleven were tested. Results of the tests showed that a smaller percentage of sixth-grade students met…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1979
Results are summarized of New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills reading and mathematics tests which were administered to all state public school students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11, in March, 1979. These results are also briefly compared to the results of the 1977-1978 testing program. Almost 300,000 students are reported to have taken these tests,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
