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Download full textStoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2009
Test developers are responsible to define how test scores should be interpreted and used. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) directed the Secretary of Education to use results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to confirm the proficiency scores from state developed tests. There are two sets of federal definitions…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, State Programs, Achievement Tests, Scores
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1979
A minimum standards amendment to the New Jersey Public School Act of 1975 requires the testing of public school students to determine proficiency in the minimum basic skills of reading and mathematics, under the auspices of the New Jersey State Department of Education's Educational Assessment Program. To meet the mandates of this amendment, the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
O'Neal, Sandra W. – 1984
The Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) utilize the state mandated testing of students in grades 3, 5 and 8 with the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) as an accountability index. The district has set objectives to be met by teachers and students. The Department of Instructional Research, Testing, and Evaluation (IRTE) District Program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education
Bielinski, John; Ysseldyke, Jim – 2000
The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) included provisions specifying that states and districts must include students with disabilities in their assessment systems with reasonable accommodations, that states report on the performance of students with disabilities with the same detail and frequency they report on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Educational Trends
Austin, James T.; Mahlman, Robert A. – 2002
The topic of high-stakes testing (HST) is important because HST has direct and indirect effects on career-technical education (CTE) programs and timely because HST increasingly enters public discussion and has produced a large body of research and practice that generalizes to CTE. A review of HST has identified two persisting dilemmas: policy and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Educational Research, High Stakes Tests
Hutcheson, Larry D.; Schabacker, William H. – 1975
BENCHMARKS is intended as an aid to the proper use of Georgia Statewide Testing Program scores. It provides information about the program and the tests; reading and understanding the various reports; understanding what the scores mean; and applying test results for the improvement of learning opportunities for Georgia children and youth. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. – 1991
The Iowa Vocational Assessment System (IVAS) conducted extensive research and developed an assessment model appropriate for use by local education agencies to assess competency-based curriculum. Two school districts requested and administered the Iowa Career Education Inventory with IVAS assistance in administration, scoring, and interpretation of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Postsecondary Education
Maine Assessment of Educational Progress, Report 2. Results Report 1: Citizenship and Writing, 1972.
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1972
The purpose of the Maine Assessment of Educational Progress (MAEP) in 1972 was to complete the first phase of a 10-year comprehensive needs assessment program involving students in public and non-public schools of the state. The total program is designed to provide specific information about knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes in 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1979
Results of the second administration of the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) Tests in reading and mathematics are reported for students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11. The reading tests are organized according to clusters of items: (1) word recognition; (2) comprehension; and (3) study skills. The mathematics tests are also organized into…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Cheek, Martha C.; Haynes, Judy L. – 1972
The third section of a four-art technical report on Florida's Statewide Assessment Program provides statewide results of tests of reading-related skills in grades 2 and 4 and recommendations based on the results. A description of the reading-related skills is provided in Chapter 1, which covers assessment of reading skills, organization of…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Grade 4, Listening Comprehension
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. Office of Gifted and Talented Education. – 1990
This comprehensive guide to identification of gifted and talented students in Indiana is intended to aid the 85% of Indiana school districts which provide programs for gifted students. A relative, rather than absolute, standard is proposed for identifying the top 5 to 7 percent of students. Giftedness in the areas of intellectual/academic…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creativity, Decision Making, Educational Philosophy
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Planning, Evaluation, and Research Div. – 1983
This report contains the complete statewide results of the California Assessment Program, including some features that have become standard and some that are new this year: detailed findings for reading, written language, mathematics, and specific skill areas within each major area; national comparisons; expert opinions of the results; comparable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Literacy
American Friends Service Committee, Columbia, SC. Southeastern Public Education Program. – 1978
The first part of this report is a question-and-answer survey of minimum competency legislation, testing programs, and remedial programs. It includes the questions of both the educator and the lay person. Topics include: minimum competency tests, the debate over minimum competency programs, what happens after testing, and what citizens should look…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
