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Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1988
This paper describes the characteristics of the Minimum Skills Diagnostic Tests (MSDTs) components of the statewide testing program in North Carolina. The MSDTs' validity, method for deriving test scores, reliability and other statistics, test content, and test norms are discussed. These tests--given in grades 3, 6, and 8--assess an individual's…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Mangino, Evangelina – 1987
The Texas Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) is a mandated criterion-referenced test administered to students in grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 in Texas public schools. This report by the Austin Independent School District (AISD) contains an executive summary of TEAMS results, an analysis of performance, and attachments. Among the major findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing
Burstein, Leigh; And Others – 1985
The desire for a national picture of educational quality remains a continuing but unresolved goal. A question has been raised among high level policymakers regarding the feasibility of using existing data collected by the states to construct education indicators for state-by-state comparisons of student performance at the national level. A…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Quality
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Eignor, Daniel R. – 1979
This instructional training package introduces practitioners to methods for developing, validating, using, and reporting criterion-referenced tests. It provides a comprehensive presentation of criterion-referenced testing technology. The package emphasizes the most recent substantive and technological advances in the field that are both important…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Methods, Mastery Tests
Northwest Regional Education Lab., Portland, OR. Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing. – 1978
Seven prepared papers, with questions from the audience and answers by participants make up the proceedings of this conference on minimum competency testing. A number of conceptual and technical problems were raised, as well as questions about the effects of minimum competency testing on the curriculum and the psychological effects of the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Conference Reports
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1987
Options for evaluating the performance of Washington state colleges based on student outcomes are discussed. Considered in "Question Number 4" on the agenda of the Washington State Higher Educaton Coordinating Board: how should the performance of higher education institutions be evaluated and by whom? Of concern is what student outcomes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, College Students, Education Work Relationship
Brickell, Henry M. – 1978
This combined discussion guide and questionnaire, intended for public or professional audiences, consists of three major sections. The first section is a narrative background description of major issues, options, and arguments for minimum competency testing: Will you test minimum competencies? What competencies will you require? How will you…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
A guide to the implementation of the Entry Level Skills Program (ELSP) and a conceptual framework for evaluation research is presented. Attention is directed to strategies for the attainment of goals and management of the ELSP project, which is a developmental program for freshmen students who have not acquired the full range or level of cognitive…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research
Phi Delta Kappa, Cleveland, OH. – 1978
Due to Ohio state mandate, recommendations were made regarding minimal competency testing (MCT) in the state, based upon a literature review of legal and measurement issues, as well as data from a survey of school district practices in Cuyahoga County. Factors subject to legal debate include test validity, length of phase-in period, unequal…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1978
Results of the second year of the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Tests in reading and mathematics, mandated by the New Jersey Public School Education Act of 1975, are summarized. Approximately 397,000 students in grades three, six, nine, and eleven were tested. Results of the tests showed that a smaller percentage of sixth-grade students met…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Gardner, David C.; And Others – 1979
Designed as supplemental material to on-going instruction in the vocational program, this teacher's manual to the Arc Welding series is intended to accompany three dictionary booklets (available as CE 024 411, CE 024 412, and CE 024 413) for use by handicapped students to help them master the core vocabulary taught in the trade. Information…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Dictionaries, Instructional Materials
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1977
In 1976, New Jersey public law established uniform statewide minimum standards in the basic communication and computational skills for publicly educated students in the state. To implement the law for the year 1976-77, the New Jersey Educational Assessment Program administered tests to all fourth, seventh, and tenth grade students. These tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Demography
Sherman, Renee; Dobbins, Dionne; Tibbetts, John; Crocker, Judith; Dlott, Michael – 2002
This publication introduces an assessment instrument to help programs implement management competencies. It discusses development of management competencies and describes the Management Competencies Assessment Instrument (MCAI) designed to help managers verify and validate their competencies and use the information for planning professional…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators
Sherman, Renee; Dobbins, Dionne; Tibbetts, John; Crocker, Judith; Dlott, Michael – 2002
This publication identifies a set of recognized skills and knowledge areas possessed by effective professional development (PD) coordinators. It is designed to enable PD staff and their supervisors to think reflectively about their PD system, to identify how the system builds on the strengths of the coordinator and the PD staff, to identify where…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Adult Education
Spicuzza, Richard; Thurlow, Martha; Erickson, Ron; Ruhland, Aaron – 1997
This study surveyed special education teachers teaching eighth and ninth grade students in 27 Minnesota school districts to determine how decisions were made on the inclusion of children with disabilities in the 1997 administration of Minnesota's Basic Standards Test and what accommodations were provided and desired. Analysis of the 259 responses…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
