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Direct linkWilkins, M. Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2001, No Child Left Behind introduced the highly qualified status for k-12 teachers, which mandated the successful scores on a series of high-stakes test; within this series is the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) or PRAXIS I. The PPST measures basic k-12 skills for reading, writing, and mathematics. The mathematics sub-test is a national…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Study Guides
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Download full textKumar, S. Praveen; Raja, B. William Dharma – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2012
The ability to do arithmetic calculations is essential to school-based learning and skill development in an information rich society. Arithmetic is a basic academic skill that is needed for learning which includes the skills such as counting, calculating, reasoning etc. that are used for performing mathematical calculations. Unfortunately, many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
This technical report describes the procedures followed in developing the tests used in the California Assessment Program, the underlying principles of the program, the statistical characteristics of the tests, and the evidence that has been accumulated relating to the validity and reliability of the tests. The report also presents complete…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1971
The testing of every fourth-grade classroom in Massachusetts was carried out in an effort to answer the following questions: (1) What are the levels of mastery of basic skills in Massachusetts fourth grades? Are there differences in achievement between skills?; (2) What educational needs can be inferred for Massachusetts' students, based on basic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Grade 4
Loadman, William E.; Major, John L. – 1970
Act Number 307, Public Acts of Michigan 1969, mandates that the Department of Education provide annual assessment of pupil achievement in basic skills -- reading, vocabulary, English expression and mathematics. The purpose of the assessment program is to provide information about groups of children for decision makers at the state level. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Curriculum
Baker, Jean; Wongbundhit, Yuwadee – 1984
This study was designed to illustrate the use of the Rasch model procedure to equate the Dade County Compensatory Education Skills Test (DCCEST) to the State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) for both mathematics skills and communications skills. The SSAT was a test developed by the Florida State Department of Education to measure students' level of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1974
The 1972-73 Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) provided information on 22 measures of students and schools. While some of the data were gathered in routine Michigan Department of Education reports, student performance data were gathered using the Michigan Assessment of Basic Skills battery, Form VMT during January 1973. The battery…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Educational Assessment
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1972
This explanatory booklet and the materials that accompany it have two major purposes. The first purpose is to provide local school officials with information regaing the performance on basic skills achievement of each student who took the 1971-72 Michigan Educational Assessment Battery. The second purpose is to provide local officials with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1973
This explanatory booklet and the materials that accompany it have two major purposes. The first purpose is to provide local school officials information regarding the performance on basic skills achievement of each student who took the 1972-73 Michigan Educational Assessment Battery. The second purpose is to provide local officials with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A. – 1978
The third-party evaluation of the second year of the Iowa Central Community College Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Project was based on examination of project records, interviews with project staff, student and resource persons, questionnaires completed by students, parents and resource persons, and test data collected on students at the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Testing
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1976
Florida's Statewide Assessment Program of the State Department of Education has been involved in a major effort to develop adequate strategies for releasing and publishing assessment scores for schools. One dimension of this effort has been the development of predicted or "adjusted" scores. These scores compare a school to other similar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1977
The Statewide Testing Program assessed the achievement of South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 11. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Form S (CTBS/S) were used to measure achievement in reading, language, mathematics, reference skills, science, and social studies. Over 126,000 students, representing 91 of South Carolina's 92 school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
PDF pending restorationFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1977
The Statewide Assessment Program of the Florida State Department of Education is responsible for measuring student achievement and disseminating the assessment results. One dimension of this effort has been the development of predicted or adjusted school scores. These scores are based on several factors which are related to achievement. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
