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Klein, Gerald A. – 1983
The statewide implementation of the Georgia State Board of Education (GSBE) policy for high school graduation requirements was begun in September, 1980. It specifically stated that the GSBE would be responsible for assessing the basic skills, or learner skills, of students enrolled in public schools. It further stated that each local school system…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Daily Living Skills
Pratt, Linda K.; And Others – 1982
A joint research project between an office of institutional research and the education department at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is described. The study focuses on factors that might affect the scores of NCCU students on the National Teacher's Examination (NTE). The project enabled the education department to begin counseling NCCU…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Black Colleges, Black Students, Certification
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in mathematics, this teaching and testing guide provides a summary of the skills that should be considered instructionally and how each objective is tested. Information is included on state objectives for mathematics teachers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Development
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in mathematics, this teaching and testing guide provides a summary of the skills that should be considered instructionally and how each objective is tested. Information is included on state objectives for mathematics teachers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Development
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1981
In compliance with Section 1 of the South Carolina 1978 Act 631, the following Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) information is reported: (1) the administration of tests for first grade readiness and grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8; (2) the development and field-testing of the 11th grade test; (3) the field-testing of mandated basic skills…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Education
Download full textHills, John R.; King, F. J. – 1978
The 1977 edition of the Florida Functional Literacy Test is a 117-item multiple-choice measure of 13 mathematics and 11 communication skills required for minimal acceptable performance for students to graduate from state high schools. A student must pass at least half of the skills in mathematics and communications and get 70 percent of the items…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Functional Literacy, Graduation Requirements
McDaniel, Patrick L. – 1983
This report summarizes test results for the objective portion of the 1983 New Mexico High School Proficiency Examination (NMHSPE) in the Albuquerque Public School district. The NMHSPE assesses the mastery of skills and knowledge specified in the New Mexico Basic Skills Plan. A basic skill is the ability to apply one of five designated skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Cutting Scores
Goertz, Margaret E.; And Others – 1984
Points at which state policies can control entry of individuals into the teaching profession were studied. A 50-state survey identified points of policy intervention and types of policies in effect in each state during 1983-84. Four in-depth case studies provided details about the political environment and rationale behind each policy, the extent…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Policy, Higher Education, National Surveys
McGuire, Dennis P. – 1984
Efficient methods of using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data files are discussed. One error in the NAEP SPSS file is discussed, and another error (which may be system-dependent) is mentioned. In addition, purely mathematical methods are used to address the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Rosen, Pamela, Ed. – 1974
Tests recently acquired by the Educational Testing Service Test Collection are briefly annotated in this quarterly bulletin. The tests are grouped into these categories: (1) achievement, (2) aptitude, (3) personality, interests, attitudes and opinions, (4) sensory-motor and miscellaneous. Entries of particular interest to those working with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, Bulletins
Lufler, Henry S., Jr. – 1980
Chapter 4 of a book on school law, this chapter focuses on 1979 cases involving students. The author notes that in 1979 most unresolved legal issues in this area involved handicapped children. He finds disagreement among the holdings in these cases about the limits of a district's responsibility to provide special services to the handicapped. It…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Busing, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Wolfe, Martin S. – 1980
This report describes the results of Connecticut's second statewide assessment of mathematical knowledge, skills and attitudes. The Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress annually tests a sample of Connecticut students in grades 4, 8, and 11 in one or more subject areas. Students at each grade level were randomly selected to participate in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Reston. – 1980
To improve Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participant assessment systems in Virginia, a project identified assessment systems and techniques/tools used by prime sponsors and developed an assessment model. It also identified key personnel of educational institutions in the prime sponsor area. A mail survey was followed by on-site…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Tunkel, Leon S.; Klein, Raymond S. – 1978
This manual contains statistical information on the examinations administered by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) to measure occupational competencies of experienced craftsmen in twenty-six trade specialties. (More detailed information on the program and on the scope of the examinations is provided in a separate…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Job Skills, National Competency Tests, National Norms
Higgins, Jon L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This report was compiled to serve as a reference on assessments of achievement in pre-college mathematics. Patterns of mathematical assessments are discussed in terms of the history and nature of assessments of achievement, the relationship between assessment and minimum competency testing, and the current status of state assessment programs.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
