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Knuckle, Essie P. – 1984
Normal black adolescents were given neuropsychological tests of brain damage, and the interpretation of these tests was reviewed with respect to culturally relevant data. Subjects were 50 male and 50 female black students, aged 12-13, with no history of central nervous system trauma, and average scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Black Attitudes, Black Culture
Achilles, C. M.; DuVall, Lloyd – 1983
Pupils at three elementary schools and one junior high school among Area 1 inner-city schools of St. Louis Missouri, were identified as scoring well below norms on standardized tests. An effort to change the educational programs at these schools netted financial support and the creation of Project SHAL (named for the schools involved). Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Change
Victor, Shelley J., Ed.; Lundy, Donna S., Ed. – Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 1998
This annual volume is a compilation of research, clinical, and professional articles addressing innovative technology, new diagnostic tests, physiological basis for treatment, and therapeutic ideas in the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. Featured articles include: (1) "Development of Local Child Norms for the Dichotic Digits…
Descriptors: Adults, Audiology, Children, Cultural Differences
Download full textCraig, Ford M., Ed. – 1998
ACT and 127 institutions (primarily community colleges) worked together on a Partners in Progress Research project comparing ASSET reading, writing, and math scores (incoming student placement tests) with CAAP reading, writing, and math scores (exiting student outcomes test). This was in order to refine the content of the related exams, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1991
Statistics in this report reflect characteristics of 1991 graduates from a given school (individual data, however, are not provided in this sample) who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program assessment. A 5-year trend history of college-bound students is provided. The following tables are presented: (1) average ACT scores by academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Peer reviewedStoker, Howard W. – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1985
Two studies investigated the performance of Florida high school seniors on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests). The GED Test Battery, as revised in 1980, consists of 290 items in 5 subject areas (writing, social studies, science, reading, and mathematics). In the first study, the performance of 1,200 Florida students was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Equivalency Tests, Functional Literacy
McCann, Kaye R. – 1989
Results for the Spring 1989 Delaware Educational Assessment Program are presented. The assessment involved the administration of a newly normed test--the Stanford Achievement Test, Eighth Edition--to approximately 65,000 public school students in grades 1 through 8 and 11 during the period extending from April 5 through 18, 1989. Among other…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills, Listening Skills
Lam, Tony C. M. – 1988
The National Commission on Testing and Public Policy is conducting a 3-year policy-oriented investigation of the role of tests, especially standardized, norm-referenced tests, in the allocation of educational, training, and employment opportunities in the United States today. This document reports on the first hearing, which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationBaldwin, Janet; Spille, Henry; Hayes, Elisabeth; Kroll, Bonnie – 1994
This packet contains five issues of "GED Profiles" that examine various aspects of the characteristics and motivation of adults who take the General Educational Development (GED) tests and the effects of completion. These topics are explored: "GED Candidates in the Workforce: Employed and Employable" (Janet Baldwin, Henry…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Aging (Individuals), Certification
Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1992
This paper reviews the 12 career assessment instruments that have been found to be most used in Texas with students with special needs. Two tables list the instruments along with the opinions of users concerning their qualities. The reviews follow a standard outline. Each review is one to two pages in length and provides this information: title,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1985
The Language Assessment Battery was administered to third to fifth grade limited English speaking students in New York City. Special techniques addressed two common problems in testing these populations: (1) language tests suitable for limited English speakers change their psychometric characteristics over time as the students' language ability…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Cutting Scores, Elementary Education
Kapes, Jerome T.; Welch, Frederick G. – 1985
Procedures for establishing the cutoff scores for the occupational competency exams administered to individuals graduating from Pennsylvania vocational teacher education programs were reviewed. A total of 595 National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Exams administered in 43 occupations or trades at three colleges between the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Policy, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria
Kimble, John W.; And Others – 1976
The Stanford Achievement Test was administered to 2,186 of the 47,045 Montana high school students to analyze whether or not school size is important in determining student achievement, and to analyze factors that affect student achievement and whether those factors vary by school size. The sample included 1,311 sophomores and 875 seniors. To…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Adams, Brian F. – 1987
A school on Florida's west-central coast was selected as the site for the Language Intensive Lab Accelerated Classroom (LILAC) program which was developed to address the need for a county-wide, objective-based educational program for non-English proficient (NEP) and limited-English proficient (LEP) Hispanic children in grades K-2. The number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Dropouts, Educational Finance
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
Brief summaries are provided for each of the standardized tests used in California for college admissions and placement, in accordance with the law requiring the filing of financial disclosure and test materials and data for any tests administered to as many as 3,000 persons in the State. The summaries provide narrative and tabulated data…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Aptitude Tests, Asian Americans, Black Students
