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Download full textRhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2007
This handbook will assist principals and school testing coordinators in implementing the spring 2007 administration of the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). Information regarding administration timeline, reporting, process, online tools and contact personnel is discussed. Contents include: (1) Scheduling; (2) Identify Primary Test…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Alternative Assessment, Educational Testing, Guidance Programs
Frierson, Henry T. Jr.; Hoban, Dennis – 1986
The association of anxiety and medical students' performance on the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Part I Examination was investigated. The Debilitating Anxiety Scale was completed by 62 second-year medical students before taking the NBME Examination. Debilitating test anxiety has been described as anxiety that interferes with test…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Higher Education, Medical Students, Scores
Belcher, Marcia – 1985
A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to determine if there was a relationship between students' performance in a general mathematics course, MGF 1113, and their performance on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) computation section. The study investigated the relationship between grades in MGF 1113 and CLAST…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Grades (Scholastic), Predictor Variables
Murphy, Edward J.; And Others – 1988
Bias prevention activities undertaken as part of the development process for a major teacher certification testing program in Illinois are described. Because bias concerns were a major issue in planning and implementing the program, three distinct committees were formed to help prevent bias: (1) a bias review committee; (2) a content advisory…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Certification, Teacher Evaluation, Test Bias
Pruett, Kathy E. – 1982
The booklet was designed to help each recipient of the California Achievement Test (CAT) reports to understand the general format of the reports, the abbreviations and symbols used, and the types of scores presented. It was also intended to assist in interpreting CAT results and using these results at each level of the educational process to best…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Scoring, Test Interpretation, Test Manuals
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Barbara Jordan served as the hearing officer for three-day adversary evaluation hearings about the pros and cons of minimum competency testing (MCT). This report is the complete transcript of the first day of proceedings. James Popham and George Madaus presented the opening arguments for the pro team and con team, respectively. Michael Scriven,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Bias
Webster, William J. – Updating School Board Policies, 1974
It is essential that testing personnel devise methods to communicate understandable and usable information about the effects of schooling to the public. (Author)
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Testing
Carey, Albert – Sch Counselor, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Counselors, Student Personnel Services
Tarver, Linda K.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the performance of Louisiana's potential teachers on the Common Examinations of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). Scores from 1352 examinees who took the Common Examinations of the NTE in February, 1979, were analyzed. The performance of Louisiana's potential teachers compares favorably…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Difficulty Level, Scores, State Standards
Crepin, Dorothy M. – 1981
Lower Columbia College (LCC) offers students who need developmental mathematics instruction a variety of courses and instructional formats. In 1977, the developmental mathematics curriculum consisted of two courses: Review Mathematics, offered only through the Math Lab with both desirable and undesirable effects; and Elementary Algebra, offered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Curriculum, Remedial Mathematics
BRUNO, LOUIS – 1963
METHODS FOR IDENTIFIYING ACADEMICALLY AND CREATIVELY TALENTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED. INCLUDED IS THE ROLE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS--PARENT OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER OBSERVATIONS, PERMANENT SCHOOL RECORDS, AND SUCH STANDARDIZED TESTS AS INTELLIGENCE, APTITUDE, AND ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. THE NATIONAL…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Parent Role, Resource Materials
California State Coll., Hayward. – 1963
THE FINDINGS OF RECENT RESEARCH STUDIES AND CURRENT SCHOOL PRACTICES WERE FORMULATED IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES WHICH SCHOOLS COULD USE AS CRITERIA IN STRENGTHENING THEIR PROVISIONS FOR HELPING STUDENTS MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LEARNING POTENTIAL. UNDERACHIEVEMENT IS AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM. IT RESULTS IN FAILURE TO COMPLETE HIGH…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Dropout Prevention, Guidance Programs, Guides
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Adult Education Service. – 1980
Regulations and procedures for the operation of the Virginia General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program are provided. The GED is a means for measuring an individual's educational competency, particularly the major generalizations, ideas, and intellectual skills that are the outcome of four years of high school instruction. Emphasis is…
Descriptors: Adults, Equivalency Tests, Guidelines, High School Equivalency Programs
Ascher, Gordon – 1979
This brief paper provides an outline for a discussion about the legality of Florida's functional literacy testing program. It defines relevant terms, explains relevant laws, and sets forth the legal basis for the suit and the remedies sought. The discussion is intended to provide a legal and historical framework within which the developments in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Literacy, School Law, State Programs
Rockdale County Public Schools, Conyers, GA. – 1968
The purpose of the pre-school assessment program described is to improve the first grade curriculum and make it more meaningful to all students through early identification of strengths and weaknesses, coupled with appropriate follow up activities. Children (340) entering the Rockdale County, Georgia, first grade in the fall of 1968 completed a…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Learning Readiness, Maturity Tests, Preschool Tests
