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Download full textGabriel, Roy M.; Estes, Gary D. – 1985
The adoption by Seattle (Washington) Public Schools of the Prescriptive Reading Inventory Reading System (PRI-RS) was a decision driven by the district's commitment to effective schooling. The PRI-RS is a criterion referenced approach to the instruction and assessment of reading skills, and it consists of five levels, A through E, coordinated with…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Walsh, Bettye; Head, Ronald B. – 1988
A study was conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) to analyze the college's assessment of students' reading and writing skills, investigate the relationship between assessment scores and grades in specific content courses, establish the relationship between developmental course completion and content course grades, and measure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Outcomes of Education
Bender, Timothy A.; Hom, Harry L., Jr. – 1988
Individual differences in achievement orientation are compared with differences in gifted students' use of feedback on a classroom exam. The achievement orientation of 57 seventh- and eighth-grade gifted students was measured using the Motivational Orientation Scale (MOS). There were 33 males and 24 females. As part of their regular classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement Need, Classroom Techniques
Smith, Cyrus F., Jr.; Harrison, Margaret Drumm – 1983
To determine if different graded word lists can be used interchangeably for assessment purposes, and to determine if age, grade, or sex affects performance on the different graded word lists, a study examined the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Levels I and II, the San Diego Quick Assessment, and the Graded Word Reading Test by F.J. Schonell.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Males
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 26 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the comprehension monitoring abilities of tenth graders; (2) elementary school pupils' abilities to perform closure at various case grammar positions at their…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Style, Doctoral Dissertations
Lawrence, Ida M.; And Others – 1988
The reading comprehension (RC) and sentence completion (SC) items from four forms of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal sections were examined for differential item functioning (DIF) between male and female examinees. Forms 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the SAT-verbal were administered in January 1983, January 1984, October 1984, and June 1986,…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education
Mazzeo, John; Harvey, Anne L. – 1988
A literature review was conducted to determine the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of computer administration of standardized educational and psychological tests on the psychometric properties of these instruments. Students were grouped according to a number of factors relevant to the administration of tests by computer. Based on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Educational Testing
Kessler, Ronald P. – 1987
In 1986, a study was conducted by the Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) to evaluate the relationship between reading placement scores and classroom performance. The study sample consisted of students from fall 1985, spring 1986, and fall 1986 who had been tested using the College Board Assessment and Placement Test upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Discriminant Analysis, Grades (Scholastic)
Tompkins, Loren D.; Mehring, Teresa – 1986
Scholastic and personal characteristics of students undertaking exit competency examinations are investigated. Research questions concerned: what the tests measure, whether the tests provide unique information or are duplicating other easily obtained measures, whether it is possible to increase the probability of student success by controlling…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Competence, Educational Testing
Gramenz, Gary W.; And Others – 1986
The study reported in this paper examined whether a disproportionate number of boys and girls in a given grade level at various schools might have an inequitable effect on the mean achievement test scores of those schools. The student population of the Palm Beach County Schools, Florida, reflecting a cross-section of socio-economic backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Grade 3
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1984
Compliance with South Carolina's Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP), involving test administration and instructional monitoring, was on schedule for the 1983-84 school year. Results of readiness tests given to over 50,000 first graders showed 72.6% "ready" to begin formal instruction. Teachers were given materials for areas in which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Guthrie, John; And Others – 1984
A study was conducted to construct measures of reading competencies that are frequently needed in an occupational environment and to describe the influence of the components of reading practice on these competencies based on the conceptual framework of ethnographic psychology. The reading practices of 25 electrical engineers and 30 electronic…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Electronic Technicians, Engineers
Lange, Dale L.; Lowe, Pardee, Jr. – 1987
A study investigated the use of reading proficiency scales developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Educational Testing Service (ETS), and Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) for meaningful rank-ordering and assigning levels of second language competence to reading passages. In a proficiency test writing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability
Mason, Jana; And Others – 1986
Two contrasting kindergarten reading programs (book-focused and letter-focused) were chosen for a study that evaluated the ability of the Early Reading Test to probe children's knowledge of stories as well as letters, sounds, and words. The test also evaluated the kinds of strategies children use to attempt reading tasks and, through interview…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Early Reading, Kindergarten Children
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in reading, 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 reading teachers for grades 4,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Instructional Development, Instructional Improvement
