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Direct linkHalls, Kelly Milner – Knowledge Quest, 2011
By forcing gifted educators to teach in preparation for state testing and national assessments, the joy of discovery is becoming an endangered species, and learning is becoming a chore rather than an opportunity. Is it possible to strike a more reasonable balance? Kelly Gallagher suggests a 50/50 approach. Half of academic endeavor should be in…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Wildlife, Reading Motivation
Fedor, Linda C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2000, the National Reading Panel (NRP) identified scientifically based reading instructional practices in the five key areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency vocabulary, and comprehension. The purpose of this study was to determine the strength of the relationship between the degree of implementation of scientifically based reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Testing Programs, Reading Tests, Evidence Based Practice
Download full textUtah State Office of Education, 2012
Utah has successfully implemented a variety of endeavors to ensure literacy for all students. Proficiency rates in language arts in Utah have improved in all grade levels since 2005. Emphasis has been placed on grades K-3 and early intervention for students at risk. Resources available to these students include optional extended-day kindergarten,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Early Intervention
Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2008
Nearly four years after a front-page story in "The New York Times" sparked a fierce debate by suggesting that charter school students nationally were lagging academically behind their peers in regular public schools, the national testing program that informed the controversy has generated far more data for researchers and advocates to scrutinize.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Testing Programs, Sample Size, Reading Instruction
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1966
APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF THE METROPOLITAN READING TEST WERE ADMINISTERED CITYWIDE IN OCTOBER, 1965, AND MAY, 1966, TO PUPILS IN GRADES 2 THROUGH 9 IN AN EFFORT BY THE NEW YORK SCHOOL SYSTEM TO IMPROVE READING. THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLES WHICH SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF READING ACHIEVEMENT SCORES IN EACH GRADE. THE IOWA TESTS OF BASIC SKILLS IN…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Reading Instruction, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedParrish, Berta W. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Presents a test that teaches test-taking strategies and that can be used to reduce students' test anxiety. (AEA)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Test Anxiety, Test Construction
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L. – Contemporary Education, 1977
The use of informal reading inventories can help insure that students are provided with reading materials that match their reading ability. (MB)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Improvement, Reading Instruction, Student Placement
Skager, Rodney W. – 1970
Tests are used in four ways: (1) to select; (2) to give rewards or punishments; (3) as tools in the instructional process; and (4) as macro-evaluation of instructional programs and systems. The Program for Research on Objective Based Evaluation (PROBE) is directed at developing prototypic evaluation systems in the reading area for both classroom…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design, Instructional Programs, Objectives
Peer reviewedTrider, Mary S. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Diagnostic Teaching, Federal Aid, Program Evaluation
JONES, RICHARD A. – 1967
A CLIMATE SUPPORTIVE OF INNOVATION PREVAILS AT BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE. WHILE SOME OF THE INSTITUTION'S APPROACHES CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL, OTHERS ARE MODIFICATIONS OF EFFORTS BEING MADE AT OTHER COLLEGES. EXAMPLES OF INNOVATION ARE--(1) COMPUTER PROGRAMING IN CONJUNCTION WITH STUDENT COUNSELING, WHICH OFFERS THE STUDENT A 92 PERCENT…
Descriptors: Administration, Computers, Counseling, Innovation
National Union of Teachers, London (England). – 1976
The report of the Bullock Committee of Enquiry was published in January 1975, under the title "A Language for Life," and presented extensive recommendations concerning all aspects of English teaching, including reading, writing, talking, and listening, the role of initial and inservice training, and monitoring of general levels of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1983
This study examined the curricular validity of the New Jersey Basic Skills test, a minimum competency test administered to all public school students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 to measure basic skills in reading and mathematics. Based on examinations of a Modified Caution Index, there were differences in the usual response patterns for both reading…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1984
The reading learning objectives contained in this volume are congruent with the Texas "State Board of Education Rules for Curriculum" which outlines the rules and procedures for implementation of Section 21.101 of the Texas Education Code. These objectives and the measurement specifications are provided for use by teachers and other…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Fry, Edward B. – 1981
The reading diagnosis tests and observations in this book provide a systematic way of gathering information about a student. The first 10 chapters test the following: (1) general reading level through oral reading of graded paragraphs; (2) silent reading comprehension; (3) phonics skills through oral reading of nonsense words and phoneme grapheme…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Informal Reading Inventories
Chall, Jeanne S. – 1986
School and teacher factors associated with reading achievement are compared to items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1985 reading assessment. Significant factors which appeared in the literature included: methods and materials, time on task, difficulty level and high teacher expectation, teacher qualifications, student…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews, National Surveys
