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1991
The Chicago (Illinois) School Reform Act of 1988 (Public Act 85-1418) established the performance of students on a nationally normed, standardized test as a key measure of success. In the Chicago Public Schools, the tests used are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the elementary grades and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
DATAWave, 1995
The "DATAWave" is a biweekly publication of the Assessment Resource Office (ARO) at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Its purpose is to inform the campus community and broader constituencies on assessment issues and practices at ENMU. The university's 10-year history of outcomes assessment is reflected in the topics of the 6 editions…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Download full textBurstein, Leigh – 1990
This paper contends that, apparently, the patterns of above-norm performance that J. Cannell (1987) reported exist, although the extremity of his "Lake Wobegon" effect is perhaps overstated. The use of outdated test norms and other practices has been identified as a partial explanation for the reporting of "above-average"…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms
San Diego Unified School District, CA. – 1985
Each spring students in fifth, seventh and ninth grades in the San Diego City Schools complete a series of tests as part of the annual Districtwide Testing Program. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) are used to measure student knowledge of various broad areas of the curriculum. This bulletin presents results of student achievement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade 5, Grade 7
O'Neal, Sandra W. – 1984
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery are administered in New Mexico school districts as part of a state mandated assessment program. The tests are administered to students in grades three, five, and eight to measure achievement in the basic skills areas of reading, language, and mathematics. This report contains various types of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1995
The American College Testing (ACT) Assessment consists of four curriculum-based achievement tests designed to assess critical reasoning and higher-order thinking skills in English, mathematics, reading, and science. These tests reflect students' skills and achievement levels as products of their high school experience and serve as measures of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Deeter, Thomas; Prine, Don – 1996
As part of its academic testing program and the evaluation of academic achievement, the Des Moines (Iowa) Public School System administers two standardized, norm-referenced achievement tests. These are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). This document provides information regarding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1996
The news release and other documents in this packet report information about the nation's 1996 high school graduates who took the American College Testing Program (ACT) Assessment. The packet contains, in addition to the news release, the 1996 Summary Report of national data, "The High School Profile Report, Normative Data: A Description of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1996
In the 1995-96 school year, the 16th year of the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program, the state Board of Education mandated testing for grades 4, 7, and 10. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were administered at grades 4 and 7, and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) at grade 10. Test scores are reported by subject, subtest,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Grade 10
O'Neal, Sandra – 1986
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery is administered in New Mexico school districts, as part of a state mandated assessment program, to students in grades 3, 5, and 8 to measure achievement in basic skills (reading, language, and mathematics). Various types of test data are presented for use in modifying the basic instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
