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A Large-Scale Assessment of an Instructional Program to Improve Test-Wiseness in Elementary School Students.

Shuller, Stephen M. – 1979

Test wiseness (TW) has been recognized as an important source of variance on standardized achievement tests, independent of content or random error. To help students develop the type of TW skills necessary for optimal performance on reading achievement tests (ie. time using, guessing strategies), a comprehensive TW skills instructional program…

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests

The Arkansas MPT, MAT6, and the New Standards: What 100 Teachers Think.

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Kennedy, Robert; Buckner, John – 1989

The Minimum Performance Test (MPT), Metropolitan Achievement Test, Sixth Edition (MAT6), and the new standards required by the 1983 Quality Education Act and their impact on teachers in Arkansas were assessed. A sample of 103 elementary school teachers from 39 school districts indicated that the tests and standards generally met with favorable…

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers