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PDF pending restorationDelaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. – 2002
The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) is designed to assess progress toward the Delaware Content Standards. Every year a certain number of items are removed from the test and then selected for public release. This booklet contains multiple-choice and short-answer (constructed response) items released from the 2000 or 2001 administration of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 11, Grade 8, Secondary Education
Download full textSteele, D. Joyce – 1991
This paper compares descriptive information based on analyses of the pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The AHSGE, a product of decisions made in 1977 and 1984 by the Alabama State Board of Education, is composed of subject tests in reading, mathematics, and language. The pass score for each…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements
Kohr, Richard L., Comp.; And Others – 1983
This guide begins with a series of questions and answers that introduce Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Inventory as a 188- to 190-item multiple-choice test for grades 5, 8, and 11. Items are selected from a 400-item bank using matrix sampling procedures. Test results are analyzed at the school level; no individual student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Basic Skills
Klein, Thomas W. – 1991
Steps involved in the item analysis and scaling of the 1990 edition of Forms A and B of the Nevada High School Proficiency Examinations (NHSPEs) are described. Pilot tests of Forms A and B of the 47-item reading and 45-item mathematics tests were each administered to random samples of more than 600 eleventh-grade students. A computer program was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Grade 11, High School Students
Kohr, Richard L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This guide begins with a series of questions and answers which introduce Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Inventory as a 188-to 190-item multiple choice test for fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Items are selected from a 400-item bank using matrix sampling procedures. Test results are analyzed at the school level; no…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Basic Skills
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1986
In 1985-86, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will undertake the fifth national assessment of science knowledge, skills, and attitudes in 9-, 13-, and 17-year old Americans. The science objectives have been developed and reviewed by committees of scientists and educators. The objectives presented in this document are grouped…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1986
Computer skills objectives have been developed for the 1986 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These items will be administered to a large number of American students aged 9, 13, and 17 in grades 3, 7, and 11. For this first national assessment of computer skills, it was necessary to consider the existing expertise of school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Computer Literacy
