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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1984
Analysis of the available data suggests that New York's elementary and secondary schools, taken as a whole, compiled a good record of achievement during the 1982-83 school year. Three kinds of test data were analyzed. One was the result of a study which involved the collection of scores on three commercially available standardized tests: the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Elementary Secondary Education, National Norms
Hess, Anne C.; Lockwood, Robert E. – 1986
The effect of a basic competency education program on the achievement of high, average, and low-achieving students was examined for the Alabama Basic Competency Education program (BCE). California Achievement Tests scores in reading, mathematics, and language were examined for 3 years prior to initiation of the BCE program and for 3 years…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1984
In April of each year, North Carolina students in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th grades participate in the state's Annual Testing Program. In 1984, the California Achievement Tests in reading, mathematics, language, and spelling were administered. This publication reports student performance for years 1981 through 1984. The body of the report is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Fetler, Mark – 1989
Empirical norms are a traditional and accepted tool for reporting performance. Other methods (e.g., statistical regression) are used more often in a research context to make conditional statements about performance given a certain demographic context. This paper illustrates a method for the construction of differentiated school norms and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 12, Grade 8, Local Norms
Cannell, John Jacob – 1989
American school officials almost invariably compare local and national achievement through one of the following norm-referenced tests: (1) the California Achievement Test; (2) the Stanford Achievement Test; (3) the Metropolitan Achievement Test; (4) the Science Research Associates Test; (5) the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills; and (6) the Iowa…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cheating
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1990
The North Carolina Annual Testing Program, established by the 1977 General Assembly to assess the effectiveness of the educational process in North Carolina, involves the administration of a battery of norm-referenced tests to students in grades 3, 6, and 8 to measure skills in reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
