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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Student Assessment. – 1999
This guide provides information about the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and Texas end-of-course examinations. It displays and explains examples of the TAAS and end-of-course standard and optional reports to assist school personnel in understanding and interpreting student performance data as required by the Texas Education Code. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, State Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1990
This guide is intended as a basis for an inservice presentation by education service center and school district workshop presenters, to help a school district ensure that its English language arts and reading programs address the new Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test. Suggested reading and writing activities are included throughout…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Download full textBaker, Thomas E. – 2000
This paper describes a survey of Texas teacher education programs. The programs investigated whether increased pressure on K-12 teachers to prepare students for mandated tests contributed to dissonance between higher education's expectations for field experiences and preservice students' actual experiences. A questionnaire was mailed to the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
