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Download full textHo, Andrew D.; Haertel, Edward H. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
Problems of scale typically arise when comparing test score trends, gaps, and gap trends across different tests. To overcome some of these difficulties, we can express the difference between the observed test performance of two groups with graphs or statistics that are metric-free (i.e., invariant under positive monotonic transformations of the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Test Results, Comparative Testing, Multidimensional Scaling
Finch, John M. – 1975
The Fall, 1974 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program was administered to nearly all of South Carolina's fourth and seventh grade students and a sample of ninth and eleventh grade students participated in the testing program. There were 49,068 fourth graders, about 98 percent, and 53,662 seventh graders, about 99 percent, tested. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1985
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states were invited in June 1984 to participate in a project with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to assess the reading achievement of eleventh grade students. Florida, Tennessee and Virginia accepted and worked with SREB and NAEP staff to develop and administer the testing program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Cooperative Programs, Educational Assessment
Romberg, Thomas A. – 1986
Four topics related to mathematics testing for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are discussed: (1) mathematics achievement; (2) past NAEP approaches; (3) needed changes; and (4) a new conceptual basis for profiling mathematical performance, including recommendations for strengthening current practice. The basic strategy for…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1977
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/S) was the nationally standardized, norm-referenced test selected for the Idaho Statewide Testing Program for 1976-77. It provided basic skills measures in reading, language, mathematics, total battery, reference skills, science and social studies. Students in the 4th, 8th and 11th grades from 51 of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
White, Carole D. – 1989
The major objectives and benefits of the Advanced Placement Program (APP) are summarized, and data specific to Delaware are compared to national statistics about advanced placement (AP) courses in high schools. School participation in the APP is considered an indicator of academic success by educators and policy makers. The extent to which…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students, Comparative Testing
Durost, Walter N. – 1971
The New Hampshire statewide testing program was implemented to provide a data base for the evaluation of the effectiveness of Title I projects as required by Federal law. To accomplish this objective, achievement and intelligence tests were administered to children in Title I projects and regular programs in four elementary grades--2, 4, 6 and 8.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education
Peer reviewedWolf, Richard M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
The relevance of state results on tests of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is illustrated with data from the "Digest of Education Statistics--1990" (U.S. Department of Education). Evidence indicates that the contributions of state differences such as economic or demographic differences to NAEP results cannot be…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Assessment
Kirst, Michael W. – 1986
Commissioned papers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have recommended new roles for NAEP, but its system of governance, as conceived in the 1960s, was not designed for all these functions. The NAEP Policy Committee, revised in 1978, never envisioned the current interest in a linkage system relating local and state…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Cornett, Lynn M. – 1985
The Chief State School Officers of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) have adopted a recommendation calling for comparable state measures of educational progress through multiple indicators, including student achievement. Current state criterion-referenced testing programs provide information regarding specific student skills and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Fenton, Ray; And Others – 1993
Because of a concern by the Alaska State Department of Education that results from the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are not being used to their fullest advantage to improve secondary instruction, the use of these assessment results by other states was studied. A two-page survey and request for copies of state…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Demography, Educational Change
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Grade 11, Grade 4
Alexander, Francie – 1986
The California Assessment Program (CAP) collects a wide range of achievement and demographic data to help local schools and districts improve their instructional programs. Tests in the areas of English/language arts, mathematics, history-social science and science designed by California educators are administered to students in grades 3, 6, 8, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Ferrara, Steven F.; Thornton, Stephen J. – 1986
Two major issues related to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are explored: (1) the roles and responsibilities of federal and state education agencies in reformulating NAEP to facilitate comparisons among states; and (2) problems and solutions in aligning or accounting for differences between national assessment objectives and…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Crowe, Kevin, Comp. – 1988
The two primary college admission test batteries given in Nevada are the American College Test (ACT) and the tests prepared by the College Board, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE). This report provides an overview of the tests and major trends in Nevada for 1988. These tests apply to a small portion…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends
