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Download full textDossey, John A.; And Others – 1993
In the 1992 mathematics assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), approximately one-third of the questions and about half of the student response time were devoted to questions asking students to construct their own responses. Regular constructed response items required a short answer with a problem solution, while…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Wheeler, Patricia – 1991
The appropriateness of the Angoff method (W. H. Angoff, 1971) for setting standards on tests was studied. Evaluators (judges) from California school districts and teacher training institutions reviewed 15 NTE (National Teacher Examinations) Program Specialty Area Tests published by the Educational Testing Service for their appropriateness in…
Descriptors: Art Education, Biology, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education
Boothroyd, Roger A.; And Others – 1992
Given the frequency with which teachers use self-developed tests to evaluate students, and given the paucity of requirements related to developing measurement competencies, some educators and measurement specialists question the adequacy of teachers' training in and knowledge of measurement principles. This study assesses teachers' measurement…
Descriptors: Competence, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grading
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1994
This report examines absenteeism and its relationship to performance on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Graduation Exit Examinations (GEE) administered in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools in the spring of 1993. It also focuses on the need to report test data in a manner that more accurately reflects a district's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1991
Fulfilling a legislative mandate in 1984, Connecticut established mastery tests in mathematics and language arts (listening, reading, and writing skills) for grades 4, 6, and 8. Criterion-referenced tests were considered most appropriate for assessing achievement and determining individual remediation needs. The Grade 8 Mastery Test results for…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Badger, Elizabeth; And Others – 1990
In the spring of 1989, over 2,000 pairs of fourth- and eighth-grade students were assessed on their ability to apply mathematical and scientific concepts. The tests (administered in alternate years during the written assessments of the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program) required students to apply what they knew about mathematics and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 8
Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1991
Sixty tables are presented, which examine the test achievement of a national probability sample of eighth graders in public and private schools. Statistics were obtained from the base-year student survey of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The NELS:88 monitors the transition of a national sample of young adults as they…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Effect Size, Grade 8, Institutional Characteristics
Hathaway, Walter; And Others – 1985
This report describes the development, operation, maintenance, and future prospects of the item banks pioneered by the Portland (Oregon) School District. At the time of this report, there were 3,500 mathematics, 2,200 reading, and 2,300 language usage items calibrated under the fixed parameter model of item response theory (IRT) for Grades 3-8.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
Norrie, Alexander L. – 1989
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the mathematical structures inherent in grade 7 geometry curriculum objectives can be used to improve the communication of the objectives to students. Teacher inservice based upon geometrical properties and structures was combined with student teaching materials to try to improve student achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geometric Constructions, Geometry, Grade 7
Coley, Richard J., Ed. – ETS Policy Notes, 1990
Three articles on current research in testing are presented. The first article, "Testing in the Schools", discusses the role of testing in educational reform. In the 1980s, the overwhelming purpose of state standardized testing has become promoting accountability in areas of: (1) monitoring; (2) gatekeeping; (3) remediation; and (4)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Constructed Response, Educational Assessment
Einspruch, Eric; Downing, Sherry – 1990
A study was conducted of the entry-level basic skills performance of all credit students enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) in fall 1989. The study examined demographic data and scores on the Comparative Guidance and Placement (CGP) Program Test, American College Testing (ACT) program exam, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Florida…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations
Einspruch, Eric – 1990
In September 1990, a study was conducted of the performance on basic skills examinations of first-time-in-college degree-seeking students who entered Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) during fall term 1990. The study examined placement results on the Computerized Placement Test (CPT) and the Florida Multiple Assessment Programs and Services…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Basic Skills, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations
Yee, Juliet; Wagner, Graham – 1987
The Standardized Tests of Achievement for Fiji (STAFs) were developed to measure skills and concepts of curriculum subjects for elementary schools. Two parallel tests were issued in early 1980 for Class-6 subjects (students in grade 6 of Fiji primary schools): (1) English Reading Comprehension; (2) English Listening Comprehension; (3) English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Teachers, English
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Statewide results of South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) are provided in terms of the percentages of students meeting statewide performance standards in reading, mathematics, writing, and science. BSAP tests were administered statewide on April 23-27, 1990, in grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8. The BSAP Exit Examination was administered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Perspectives on South Carolina Educational Reform, 1990
A major provision of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 established the requirement for a high school exit examination (HSEE) for all 10th-grade students. Passage of the HSEE is a condition for the receipt of a state high school diploma. The HSEE is an outgrowth of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program, which…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
