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Gasque, Alice T. – 1986
The Board of Regents of South Dakota's public colleges and universities decided in 1984 to implement a Value-Added Testing program (an exit test required for graduation) modelled on the Northeast Missouri State University plan. The plan was intended to increase student learning, improve curricular design, and encourage excellent teaching.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Download full textKelly, Kathleen A. – 1985
A review of the literature on writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs indicates that most such programs have four components. First, the programs require that students complete one of the following before graduation: (1) a timed writing test, (2) a departmental endorsement system, (3) a quota of regular content courses designated…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Faculty Development, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education
Phelan, William T.; Gibson, Joyce Taylor – 1986
The research analyzed data sets covering 1981-1985 enrollments, transfers, and withdrawals at two large urban high schools (called Urbana and Northern) in eastern Massachusetts and personal interviews with selected school administrators in four school districts to investigate high dropout rates among Hispanics. Findings indicated that 30% of the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Attendance, Dropout Rate
Braungart-Bloom, Diane S. – 1984
The current New Jersey high school graduation law requires that students pass a ninth grade test in reading, writing, and mathematics. Equating the writing test from year to year to be sure that passing scores remain identical, regardless of the test form administered, requires developing a scoring technique. A research study was developed based…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Equated Scores, Grade 9, Graduation Requirements
Steele, D. Joyce – 1985
This paper contains a comparison of descriptive information based on analyses of pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The test is composed of three subject tests: Reading, Mathematics, and Language. The study was intended to validate the test development procedure by comparing difficulty levels…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Graduation Requirements
Stallings, Jane – 1987
This paper reports short- and long-term outcomes of the Direct Instruction Head Start and Follow Through program model. Based on the premise that positive reinforcement is essential to maximum academic success, the Direct Instruction program was developed from an academic preschool model which specified exactly what children needed in order to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education
Smith-Moore, Cathy; Bowden, Barbara – 1983
The Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE) was given to eleventh graders for the first time in October 1983. In April, 1983, an instructional validity survey was conducted concurrently with the piloting of the AHSGE to determine if seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students were being taught the skills tested on the AHSGE.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, Language Arts, Mathematics Skills
Morris, Cathy – 1983
Drawing from Miami-Dade Community College's computer file containing over 60,000 student records, this report presents data on six student cohort groups entering the college as first-time-in-college, full-time students between fall 1976 and fall 1981. For the college as a whole, and for each of its four campuses, longitudinal data are provided on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age, Black Students, Cohort Analysis
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1979
An outline of the basic elements and services of the Chicago public high schools' bilingual education programs provides information to assist staff at all levels in implementing the programs. The information includes: (1) descriptions of the basic program components (core instruction in the native language, instruction in English as a second…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Credit Courses, Curriculum Design, Elective Courses
Enger, John M.; Howerton, D. Lynn – 1988
The results of two nationwide administrations of the 1988 General Educational Development (GED) tests were compared. The first, a norming study, was based on 34,548 GED tests taken by graduating high school seniors. The second study was based on 55,154 GED test item sets administered to adult examinees who had taken the test for diploma…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Equivalency Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the English 30 Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in Alberta, Canada, this test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the reading component of the June 1988 tests. Representing the genres of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, the 10 selections consist of:…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the English 30 Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in Alberta, Canada, this booklet contains 80 multiple choice test items related to the 10 selections in the reading booklet of Part B, the reading component of the June 1988 tests. The questions examine students' skills in: (1) understanding meanings; (2) recalling materials…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the English 33 Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in Alberta, Canada, this test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the reading component of the June 1988 tests. The following short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and day-to-day…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1988
This report examines how well Minnesota high school students are doing academically compared with their counterparts in other states. It also looks at curriculum requirements and the time students spend in high school. The report documents: (1) the number, type, and level of courses available to high school students; (2) schedules of instruction;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Equal Education
Gordon, Howard R. D. – 1989
A study was conducted in 1989 to determine the impact of the Factors Affecting Minority Enrollment (FAME) program on the recruitment and retention of black students at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ). The FAME program offers minority and low-income high school students a 10-week, precollege orientation focusing on FCCJ's degree…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
