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A Comparison of Content and Student Performance for the Alabama Basic Competency Tests and the California Achievement Tests.

Mitchell, Katherine; And Others – 1981

Committees on Content Analysis and Correlation Studies were appointed by the Alabama State Superintendent of Education to provide information regarding the similarities and differences between the Californa Achievement Tests (CAT), Levels 13-C and 16-C, and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests (BCT), grade 3 and 6. The major purpose of these…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics

Technical Characteristics of the North Carolina Minimum Skills Diagnostic Tests, Forms A and B.

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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1988

This paper describes the characteristics of the Minimum Skills Diagnostic Tests (MSDTs) components of the statewide testing program in North Carolina. The MSDTs' validity, method for deriving test scores, reliability and other statistics, test content, and test norms are discussed. These tests--given in grades 3, 6, and 8--assess an individual's…

Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3

South Carolina Validation Study of Criterion-Referenced Tests in Reading and Mathematics. A Technical Publication of the Office of Research. Office of Research Report Series.

Scott, Corinne C. – 1978

The results are presented of the validation study of reading and mathematics criterion referenced tests, administered to South Carolina students in grades 3, 6, and 8. This testing was mandated by state law to field test a competency based assessment program. The study was based on three activities: (1) test selection; (2) content validation; and…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment