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Download full textVendlinski, Terry P.; Nagashima, Sam; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
Current educational policy highlights the important role that assessment can play in improving education. State standards and the assessments that are aligned with them establish targets for learning and promote school accountability for helping all students succeed; at the same time, feedback from assessment results is expected to provide …
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Improvement
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1990
Information was gathered about current state interest, activity, and concerns related to performance assessment for students. The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing of the University of California (Los Angeles) conducted telephone interviews with directors of testing in each of the 50 states in the spring of 1990.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1998
This report provides information on student performance at the state, regional, and school system levels on end-of-grade (grades 3-8 reading and mathematics) multiple-choice tests and end-of-course (high school subjects) multiple-choice tests administered in 1997-98 for 117 public school systems and 35 charter schools. Beginning in the 1992-93…
Descriptors: Algebra, Biology, Civics, Educational Assessment
Bond, Linda A.; King, Diane – 1995
This paper explores some of the obstacles to implementation of tests required for graduation by describing state programs in existence as of October 1994 in which students were required to pass a test in order to receive a high school diploma. A survey of state testing directors used to construct the State Student Assessment Program Database was…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
Education Development Center, Newton, MA. Center for the Development of Teaching. – 1997
The Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS) "Knowledge & Concepts" examinations were designed, under legislative mandate, to measure student knowledge in the areas of reading, language arts (including writing), mathematics, science, and social studies. This summary report provides information about the standard setting activities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Constructed Response, Cutting Scores
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1985
Test specifications for the Texas Examination of Current Administrators and Teachers (TECAT) are presented in detail. These specifications are designed to help teachers prepare for the TECAT, and should also be made available to administrators and persons preparing review courses. This test focuses on reading and writing skills. In the test…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Cognitive Objectives, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
