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Haase, M.; Caffrey, Patrick – 1983
This report provides an account of the activites of Sacramento City College's (SCC's) Assessment Center from November 1, 1982 to March 31, 1983; information regarding the competency levels of the SCC student population; statistical data on research activities; and information on the proposed expansion of assessment/placement services. Following a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
This document reports the provincial results of the June 1986 student achievement tests in Alberta in grade 3 mathematics, grade 6 science, and grade 9 English language arts. The achievement tests are specific to the program of studies prescribed by the Minister of Education. The document starts with general information about the testing program…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
Zettersten, Arne – 1984
A Swedish language teacher's experiences with recent developments in language teaching technology such as videotext, teletext, microcomputers, and videotapes and videodisks are presented. His conclusions regarding this new technology include the following: videotext is suitable for self-testing and distance education because it is interactive, but…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Download full textKenney, Jane L.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1984
This report on trends in school improvement test results presents an analysis and synthesis of 1978-1984 student performance data from four state-mandated testing programs: (1) the Educational Quality Assessment Program in Pennsylvania; (2) the Minimum Basic Skills Program in New Jersey; (3) the Delaware Educational Assessment Program in Delaware;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Kangas, Jon Alan – 1985
A study was conducted by the Learning Assessment Retention Consortium of the California Community Colleges to determine the extent to which the state's community colleges had implemented matriculation practices which were recommended by the Board of Governors in 1984, but which had not received state funding. The study investigated college…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Admissions Counseling, College Admission
Barshis, Don – Center for the Study of Community Colleges Bulletin, 1984
This issue of the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) "Bulletin" describes various academic support services provided by community colleges to strengthen instruction and to assist staff members in their own development. Introductory comments discuss the relationship between academic support services and classroom instruction, with…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, Expanded Edition (CTBS), was administered in 1984 to students in the District of Columbia Public Schools. This report includes: (1) an overview covering the purpose of testing, a description of the subject areas tested by the CTBS, and a glossary of technical terms; (2) a narrative and tabular summary of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Masters, James R. – 1988
Since the fall of 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has conducted a yearly statewide testing of the reading and mathematics competencies of students in grades 3, 5, and 8. Because Pennsylvania does not mandate statewide curricula, the Department has had to rely upon committees of state educators to determine which objectives to test.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
O'Neal, Sandra – 1987
This summary report of test data provides meaningful demographic information about students in the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT) Program tests. The district's scores for the 1986-87 year were higher on the ACT than were those of students across the nation.…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Demography
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1988
This report describes the results of the October, 1987, state assessment of basic skills of all Washington public school students in grades 4, 8, and 10. More than 152,000 students were tested using the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition. The first section of the report describes the general state level results for the involved grades.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Holbo, Paul S. – 1983
For college-level American History, in the high school advanced placement (AP) program and on university campuses, these are the best of times and the worst of times. For the American History AP program, the early 1970's were difficult times, with the examinations under attack as elitist and irrelevant to contemporary problems. The program…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Core Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Trends
Brauchle, Paul E.; And Others – 1987
The results of the first year of study of an approach in Tennessee using student performance assessments in the evaluation of teachers are summarized and the results of a field test on student performance and attitude are presented. The Tennessee approach places the responsibility for selecting and presenting the data on the teachers. About 130…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Career Ladders, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationAdams, Velma A., Ed. – 1986
The Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress (CAEP) is modeled after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and has been in operation since 1971. This report is the culmination of a multi-year effort by the Connecticut State Department of Education to make its CAEP program even more useful to classroom teachers and other…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1987
The 1986 and 1988 Reading Objectives Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reflects a consensus of opinion about the processes of reading for grades 4, 8, and 12. The objectives are based on an interpretation of reading as an interactive process between the reader, the reader's purposes and previous experiences, the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Appreciation
PDF pending restorationNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1986
This report describes the North Carolina Annual Testing Programs writing task which was administered in 1985-86. Grade six students were tested on their ability to write a clarification composition; while grade 8 students were evaluated on their skills in writing a persuasive composition. The timed composition (50 minutes) was scored by two…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education
