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Download full textHouse, Ernest R.; Lawrence, Nancy – 1990
This content assessment project is designed to determine what social studies content should be tested on national standardized tests and how that content should be defined. Sixteen historians, political scientists, and social studies educators were interviewed to identify key concepts. In a second phase, the cultural literacy rationale for content…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, High Schools, History, Interviews
Reichheld, Charles A., III – 1991
At Cuyahoga Community College (CCC), the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) for Introductory Macroeconomics Test was evaluated to determine if it was an effective tool for providing credit by examination for the college's Principles of Economics course. Though students at the present time (1991) can take the CLEP to obtain up to 45 credits…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Concurrent Validity, Economics Education, Equivalency Tests
Neosho County Community Coll., Chanute, KS. – 1994
Neosho Community College (NCC) in Kansas developed an assessment program to measure changes in student learning and progress in courses and programs. The specific objectives of student assessment at NCC are to determine readiness for regular college courses; to determine proper placement; to assist students in meeting personal objectives; and to…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Testing
Irwin, Paul M.; And Others – 1991
The current progress of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is examined, and its background is summarized. Federally financed since the late 1960's, the NAEP is a survey of U.S. students' achievment in various subject areas. As an indicator of change in elementary and secondary educational achievement, it has received attention…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Goodison, Jules M. – 1991
Procedures used in securing the cooperation of states and schools for the 1990 Trial State Assessment Program (TSAP) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are described. These include procedures for: (1) the 1989 Field Test; (2) the training of local administrators and quality control monitors; and (3) scoring and processing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Neill, Monty – 1991
Based on the FairTest perspective, this paper argues that the United States does not need a national test to measure progress toward the nation's educational goals and that such a test would have adverse impacts on low-income and minority students. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) should remain an indicator system but should…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Grobe, Robert P.; And Others – 1983
The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) is rapidly progressing from the position of having an assessment program that does not work to the position of having an assessment program that does work. The perception that assessment is separate from instruction has changed to a view of assessment as part of a four-stage model including planning,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Descriptions
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
San Diego Community Coll. District, CA. Research and Planning. – 1983
A project was undertaken in the San Diego Community College District to develop a consistent districtwide placement testing program using the same test instruments and uniform cut-off scores for placement in English and mathematics courses. As part of the project, a study was conducted to correlate English placement test scores and grades for all…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic)
Portland Public Schools, OR. Evaluation Dept. – 1983
The Portland (OR) School District has a long-standing tradition of local achievement test development. Portland prefers to use scores and reporting procedures which capitalize on the advantages of "equal interval" which can be analyzed statistically by all procedures available. Portland testing programs serve a number of purposes: (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Latent Trait Theory, Local Norms
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1989
The Maryland Accountability Testing Program Annual Report is a reference document for the public that includes a survey of current test results and the progress being made by Maryland public school students in grades 3, 5, and 8. The California Achievement Tests are the standardized achievement tests used to provide the information required by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
One in a series of technical manuals describing the curricular and psychometric characteristics of tests administered by the State of North Carolina, this manual contains a description of the U.S. history test given to high school students. It is designed to facilitate the proper technical use of the test scores obtained from the administration of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Public Schools, Secondary Education
Brown, William L.; Stemmer, Paul M., Jr. – 1990
This paper describes Michigan's strategy for defining and assessing employability skills. A statewide task force, appointed by the Governor, defined an initial list of academic, personal management, and teamwork skills. The skills from this list were more specifically defined for a questionnaire that was mailed to a random sample of over 7,500…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employers, Employment Qualifications, Mail Surveys
Daniel, Mark – 1983
The correlations of each of the 22 tests in the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation battery with all other tests in the battery are listed. Four fairly large samples are used, each including cases of one sex and a narrow age range. These cases come from a file of 3,555 examinees tested between June 1981 and the fall of 1982. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Analysis
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Testing Programs. – 1986
This manual, accompanying the New York State Regents Examinations and Competency Tests, is intended for use by school administrators, guidance counselors, teachers, and proctors. Regents examinations measure the quality of instruction and learning that has taken place in high schools, and provide information for educational and vocational decision…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
