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Cabrera, Nolan L.; Cabrera, George A. – Educational Horizons, 2011
Just like all the high-stakes tests that determine students' futures nowadays, The Chorizo Test is a standardized test rooted in the culture of the test makers. It was originally created to be used with students in teacher training programs to sensitize them to the pitfalls inherent in standardized pencil-and-paper tests, such as linguistic bias…
Descriptors: Test Use, Standardized Tests, Social Sciences, High Stakes Tests
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1983
This publication is designed to aid teachers, principals, district staff, and other educators in reading, interpreting and using the data from the October 1983 Florida Statewide Assessment. This guide is divided into three main sections: an introduction; a discussion of the forms used to report results, and suuggestions for interpretation and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, State Programs
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 2001
The annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs (SSAP) summarizes what is happening in statewide assessment programs and identifies trends in assessment. The two volumes of this report contain a wealth of information about assessment in the statewide programs. Usually, each question in the survey has a corresponding data table, although in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Surveys
Roeber, Edward; Bond, Linda; Connealy, Selena – 1998
Volume 1 of the fall 1997 annual survey tabulates information about each state's assessment program during the 1996-97 school year. This volume contains the survey sent to state assessment directors, which was completed by representatives of all 50 states, and a summary table that lists the types of programs in each state. A list of state…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Surveys
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 2001
This year marks the seventh edition of the "Summary of State Student Assessment Programs" (SSAP) and the third year that the Council of Chief State School Officers has conducted the survey on which the summary is based on its own. The survey summarizes what is happening in statewide assessment programs and provides information on trends…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Questionnaires, State Programs, Student Evaluation

Vougias, S. – Environmental Education and Information, 1988
Deals with the methodology and practices for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Describes the EIA process, prediction process, alternative assessment methods, training needs, major activities, training provision and material, main deficiencies and the precautions, and real world training examples. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Environmental Research, Prediction
Haenn, Joseph F.; And Others – 1984
The Maryland State Department of Education issued a request for proposals to develop a score reporting system for the Maryland Functional Testing Program. RMC Research Corporation conducted a literature review of extant literature and developed a national survey of non-norm-referenced test score reporting practices. This comprehensive analysis of…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Minimum Competency Testing, Scores
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1996
This is the fourth edition of the State Student Assessment Database. This document tabulates information about each state's assessment programs based on a survey mailed to state directors of assessment in October 1995 and completed by all 50 states by February 1996. The survey was divided into the following categories: (1) general concerns; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Databases, Educational Assessment
Grobe, Robert P.; And Others – 1982
Assessment of Baseline Curriculum (ABC Tests) is a locally developed objectives-referenced assessment system that matches the Dallas Independent School System's Baseline Curriculum. Designed for instructional use and not for accountability, a major purpose of the ABC Test is to measure student attainment of objectives in the Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Puleo, Vincent T.; Lieberman, Billie E. – 1986
This preliminary investigation explored a means of maximizing the use of standardized test results. In addition to the usual package of alpha and ranked norm-referenced test reports, a special series of reports by the California Test Bureau/McGraw-Hill was generated for remedial reading and mathematics teachers. These reports displayed primarily…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 2000
This addendum was created to reflect the recommendations of the Mathematics Task Force that met in Arizona to make recommendations to the state Board of Education. The Mathematics Task Force recommended that a core curriculum be identified in the Mathematics Proficiency Standards that would be required of all high school students beginning in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics, Measurement Techniques
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2000
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA mathematics assessment. Following an overview of the PSSA, the second chapter focuses on the development and scoring of the mathematics assessment. Administering the assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2001
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA writing assessment, which was designed to measure individual student performance and to influence instruction. The guide contains a chart of the Pennsylvania Academic Standards…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scoring, State Programs
Yakimowski, Mary; And Others – 1996
The goal of this paper, and the symposium it represents, is to provide an examination of the perspectives of district personnel from four diverse states. The papers present the current status of legislated student assessment programs in California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Illinois. Similarities and differences in implementation methodology are…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Federal Legislation
Kolls, Mardel R.; And Others – 1994
Trends in performance assessments across the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Illinois were explored through the development, administration, and analysis of an interstate survey. These four states were selected to represent the diversity of state-mandated testing programs relative to emphasis placed on performance assessment.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education