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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1980
The Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) is described. Specifications are listed for TABS objectives in mathematics reading, and writing for grades 3, 5 and exit level (grades 6-12). It is intended that sections of the publication will be distributed to curriculum planners and appropriate teachers to assist in their determination of whether…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Peer reviewedSachse, Patricia P. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Texas Assessment of Basic Skills tests are criterion-referenced measures administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 9. Written compositions are part of the test battery and are scored holistically. The Texas approach to measuring written composition consists of elements including magnitude, scoring system, and effect on instruction. (DWH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1980
Instructional guidelines for grade 3 objectives being tested by the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) are presented. The guidelines are designed to be helpful to primary grade teachers in clarifying expectations regarding the TABS tests. Looking at the grade 3 basic skill descriptions will indicate what students in kindergarten through grade…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1980
A process called focused holistic scoring has been developed for use in the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills to assess student performance on writing samples. This process is "holistic" because it evaluates a total piece of writing, and it is "focused" because it evaluates the writing in terms of two specific objectives…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Guidelines
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1984
This manual contains the writing objectives and measurement specifications for grades 3, 5, and 9, for use by teachers and other educators responsible for pupil instruction, and for test development specialists involved with preparing the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills tests. The learning objectives are congruent with the "State Board of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
This report presents the results of the fourth testing cycle of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS), a statewide basic skills test for students in grades 3 and 5 and in high school (exit level) of the Austin Independent School District (AISD). The TABS measures basic performance objectives in mathematics, reading, and writing. The general…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1984
This guide describes the background of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) program, objectives, and tests. It is designed to assist school personnel in reading and comprehending the student information contained in student performance data included in TABS reports. TABS is a criterion-referenced measure for assessment of student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1982
Summary reports and student performance results from the Texas statewide assessment of minimum basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics are presented. The Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) was developed in 1979 to provide support for educationally disadvantaged children. Criterion-referenced tests are administered to students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1980
Criterion-referenced tests were used to measure basic skills and competencies in mathematics, reading, and writing in Texas. Results reported on 433,520 students in grades 5 and 9 who took the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) in 1980. Ninth graders were tested on competencies and proficiency levels expected to be mastered by students in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1982
The Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) helps to improve basic skills mastery by assessing student achievement and district performance levels in reading, writing and mathematics. TABS was designed to provide information for instructional planning in the state-funded compensatory education service. Minimum competency objectives are to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3
