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Download full textBehrman, Edward H. – 1998
This paper describes New Jersey's High School Proficiency Test (HPST) in reading, one of three tests given to all 11th graders as a state graduation requirement. Each reading passage represents one of four test types (narrative, informational, persuasive/argumentative, and workplace). Each passage is followed by multiple-choice items and at least…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
PDF pending restorationAdams, Velma A., Ed. – 1986
The Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress (CAEP) is modeled after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and has been in operation since 1971. This report is the culmination of a multi-year effort by the Connecticut State Department of Education to make its CAEP program even more useful to classroom teachers and other…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Raivetz, Mark J. – 1996
State-mandated testing programs have been in place in New Jersey since the 1976-77 school year. In 1989, the current test was replaced with two new testing programs, the Eighth Grade Early Warning Test (EWT) and the Eleventh Grade High School Proficiency Test (HSPT11). This paper follows the Trenton (New Jersey) Central High School Class of 1995,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Dropouts, Educational Mobility
High Stakes Minimum Skills Tests: Is Their Use Increasing Achievement? ORE Publication Number 90.25.
Rodgers, Natalie; And Others – 1991
Changes in mathematics achievement at grade 11 before and after the implementation of the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) were studied in an urban school district in Texas. High stakes tests are used by state education agencies and school districts to monitor and increase educational achievement. The TEAMS is a minimum…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Grade 11
McCune, Allen – 1986
The Halstead/Bentley Public School District in south-central Kansas has a long, successful history of administering a comprehensive evaluation program of achievement, scholastic aptitude, and interest tests and inventories in grades K-12. The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Planning, College Entrance Examinations
