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Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 2000
The Texas Education Code required the commissioner of education to conduct a study to determine the need to expand the assessment system to include the assessment in grades 7 and 8 of limited English proficient (LEP) students whose primary language is Spanish and other students of limited English proficiency. This report presents the research…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Junior High Schools, Limited English Speaking, Needs Assessment
PDF pending restorationNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) is New Jersey's test for fourth graders. It is designed to give the school information about how well students are achieving in the areas required by New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards. This guide offers parents and students information about the ESPA. Parent information, which is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
PDF pending restorationNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2001
The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) is New Jersey's test for fourth graders. It is designed to give the school information about how well students are achieving in the areas required by New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards. This guide offers parents, students, and teachers information about the ESPA. The parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1996
The Texas Education Code requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and propose a system for evaluating the progress of students eligible for exemption from the statewide assessment program under current law. This report summarizes the proposed system for limited English proficient (LEP) students. It includes proposed changes to the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2001
This booklet prepares a student to take New Jersey's Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA), a test that measures the knowledge and skills that will be tested later in the state's High School Proficiency Assessment. The GEPA has three test sections (content areas): Language Arts Literacy, Mathematics, and Science. The booklet tells students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2001
This report presents detailed information about the student assessment results of the Colorado Student Assessment Program. Included among the data is information on student achievement by gender, ethnicity or race, disability, and accommodation categories. In addition, achievement data are presented for each school district and for schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity
