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Download full textCizek, Gregory J. – Fordham Report, 1998
This booklet provides parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers with information about achievement testing which is relevant to their needs. The first section presents an overview of the current market for standardized achievement tests and provides key definitions, distinctions between ability and achievement testing, comparisons of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens understand the tasks…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 3, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment; Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 3
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 8, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Rael, Patricia S.; Travelstead, Jim – 1999
This document provides basic information about the Statewide Student Assessment System in New Mexico. There are four components of the Statewide Student Assessment System that are guided by the State Department of Education. Each component serves a specific purpose and targets specific grade levels. The purpose of the reading assessment of grades…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest), Cambridge, MA. – 1990
English and Spanish versions of a guide to testing reform are presented. The guide explains alternatives to standardized testing for educational assessment and shows how these new methods of evaluation will improve education. Standardized tests are used for an increasing number of purposes in the school system, but there is no proof that their use…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
