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Download full textColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1970
The Colorado Evaluation Project was funded to field test the Common Status Measures concurrently with Colorado's pilot program in assessment and evaluation. The primary purpose is to determine Colorado's educational needs, and the secondary purpose is to test procedures for assessment which can be replicated or adapted by local school districts or…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Program Evaluation
Almond, Patricia; Quenemoen, Rachel; Olsen, Kenneth; Thurlow, Martha – 2000
This paper discusses students with disabilities who do not fit into large-scale traditional assessment systems, seeks to clarify what is meant by "gray areas of assessment," delineates the primary issues that surround and contribute to gray areas, and provides suggestions for developing fully inclusive systems. It provides brief case studies of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Higgins, Jon L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This report was compiled to serve as a reference on assessments of achievement in pre-college mathematics. Patterns of mathematical assessments are discussed in terms of the history and nature of assessments of achievement, the relationship between assessment and minimum competency testing, and the current status of state assessment programs.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Testing Achievement in Basic Skills. Volume I: Executive Summary and Research Reports. Final Report.
Singer, Harry; And Others – 1982
This comprehensive evaluation of basic skills testing in California's elementary and secondary schools is divided into an executive summary and a collection of research reports. The summary evaluates current testing conducted by the state, school districts, and classroom teachers; describes experimental studies on new ways of testing and reporting…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Research
Policy Studies in Education, New York, NY. – 1975
The report presents the fourth evaluation of the Ohio Career Development Program for Grades K-10. Although career education programs appeared to be successful on observation, the administration of curriculum-based tests in 1973 showed no major difference between results of the program and nonprogram students. Policy studies in education developed…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Cognitive Tests
Singer, Harry; And Others – 1983
Intended both to evaluate the California testing program's success in assessing student achievement in the basic skills and to suggest possible improvements in the program, this report includes an executive summary evaluating current testing procedures, describing experimental studies on new ways of testing and reporting testing information, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
