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Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This guide explains results and other information in the "Test Item Analysis Report," the "School Report," and the "District Report" for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests for spring 2000. It is designed to help superintendents, principals, and other administrators as they review the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1978
The profiles of the California Statewide assessment program permit comparison of a district's test performance with that of previous years and of other districts. After a brief explanation of the tests' development, content, administration, and limitations, this interpretive guide explains how the results are displayed in the district profiles. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2000
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA reading assessment. It contains samples and instructions for developing assessment items for grades 5, 8, and 11. Although designed for teachers, the Handbook is meant to be a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Reading Achievement
Hutcheson, Larry D.; Schabacker, William H. – 1974
Each year all Georgia children and youth in the fourth, eighth and eleventh grades are tested; the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is used in the fourth and eighth grades, the Tests of Academic Progress in the eleventh grade. Test scores which provide a wealth of information, may be used as a tool for the teacher, principal, curriculum specialist or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Hertzog, James F., Comp.; Seiverling, Richard F., Comp. – 1979
This manual is designed to accompany reports prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the 505 school districts in that state, summarizing results of the Educational Quality Assessment. The normative sample is described as being stratified on two dimensions: district enrollment and wealth. Administrative procedures are summarized.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Hertzog, James F., Comp.; Seiverling, Richard F., Comp. – 1979
This manual is designed to accompany reports prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the 505 school districts in that state, summarizing results of the Educational Quality Assessment. The normative sample is described as being stratified on two dimensions: district enrollment and wealth. Administrative procedures are summarized.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Anderson, Lorin W. – 1979
Several questions are frequently asked by parents and news media regarding the purpose, content, and interpretation of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--the achievement battery currently used in South Carolina assessment programs. Proper interpretation of the CTBS, or any school district testing program, requires a sound…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Information Dissemination, News Media
Stratton, Julius A. – 1974
The relationship between the Instructional Process, Instructional Objectives, and Assessment Tasks, identified at the School City of Gary, Indiana, necessitate an effective testing program. Four characteristics perceived crucial to a sound program were: (1) The program should be continuous, (2) The testing program should be comprehensive, (3)…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Measurement Techniques
McLaughlin, Kenneth F. – 1964
This bulletin attempts to explain the use and limitations of regularly the process of selecting educational areas which should receive additional interpret adequately their meaning to parents and students. A companion publication "Understanding Testing Purposes and Interpretations for Pupil Development," also prepared by HEW, was issued in 1960. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Counseling, Expectancy Tables
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Hertzog, James F., Comp.; Seiverling, Richard F., Comp. – 1979
This manual is designed to accompany reports prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the 505 school districts in that state, summarizing results of the Educational Quality Assessment. The normative sample is described as being stratified on two dimensions: district enrollment and wealth. Administrative procedures are summarized.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Russell, Dale; Plakos, John – 1977
A method of developing measurement instruments to assess academic achievement in proficiency-based education is presented. Materials and exercises are sequenced to correspond to major activities which must be completed in developing local assessment systems. The exercises contained in this workshop guide have been field tested and can be followed…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
The administrators' and teachers' manual for the New York State Preliminary Competency Test in Reading provides information on the student population to be tested; the degrees of reading power (DRP) methodology to measure students' reading comprehension; the test content; and the state reference point, a cutoff score expressed in terms of…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1977
One of the priorities of Florida's educational system is helping all students acquire the basic skills necessary to perform the reading, writing, and mathematics tasks required by everyday living. The Florida Statewide Assessment Program provides information on the effectiveness of the state, each district, and each school in achieving this goal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
