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Download full textIndiana Department of Education, 2022
The "2021-2022 WIDA Assessment Guidance" provides information on the following 14 topics: (1) English Language Proficiency Requirements; (2) Participation Requirements; (3) WIDA Assessments in Grades K-12; (4) WIDA ACCESS Annual Assessments Test Window; (5) Indiana English Learner Entrance and Exit Criteria; (6) Scheduling and Timing…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Indiana Department of Education, 2024
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), requires state education agencies to establish and implement standardized, statewide entrance and exit procedures for English learners (ELs). WIDA provides the English language proficiency placement and annual assessments administered in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Standards, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Direct linkTraynor, Anne – Educational Assessment, 2017
Variation in test performance among examinees from different regions or national jurisdictions is often partially attributed to differences in the degree of content correspondence between local school or training program curricula, and the test of interest. This posited relationship between test-curriculum correspondence, or "alignment,"…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Construction, Alignment (Education), Curriculum
MUNFORD, DAVID C. – 1964
THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION'S "COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM PROFICIENCY TESTS" WERE USED IN THE CONDUCT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN LANGUAGE HONORS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN INDIANA. THESE TESTS WERE USED IN (1) DETERMINING THE LANGUAGE LEARNING SITUATION IN THE STATE, (2) SELECTING THE POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FOR THE HONORS…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High School Students, Honors Curriculum, Language Skills
RIGRODSKY, S.; AND OTHERS – 1958
A SPEECH THERAPY METHOD FOR MENTAL RETARDATES WAS DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED. THE METHOD WAS BASED UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FAVORABLE ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CHILD BETWEEN THE WORDS AND SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE AND THE PRODUCER OF THE LANGUAGE, USING STIMULUS-REWARD AND SITUATION-REWARD PRINCIPLES. TRADITIONAL METHODS OF SPEECH THERAPY WERE ADMINISTERED,…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Mental Retardation, Motivation, Rewards
Balka, Don S.; Wiles, Clyde A. – 1989
Discussed are the results of the 1988 Indiana State High School Mathematics Contest, which attracted 2,523 students. Four multiple-choice tests (each with a 90-minute time limit) based on proficiencies listed in the "Mathematics Proficiency Guide" and published by the Indiana Department of Education were used. The tests were: (1) Algebra…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement
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
Indiana Association of Area Vocational Districts, Inc., Speedway. – 1990
An Indiana project developed a model diagnostic basic skills testing program with statewide application for teachers certified under the Occupational Specialist Rules. Fifteen commercially produced tests were reviewed for adoption. The set of criteria that guided the selection process included technical aspects and application factors. The TABE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Diagnostic Tests, Field Tests
