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Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1989
Designed for use in the selection of apprentices, trainees, technical and trade personnel, and any other persons who need to read and understand text of a technical nature, this Applied Reading Test specimen set contains six passages and 32 items, has a 30-minute time limit, and is presented in a reusable multiple choice test booklet. The specimen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Choice Tests, Occupational Tests, Postsecondary Education
Download full textReyes, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1981
The Adult English as a Second Language Diagnostic Reading Test was developed under Adult Education Demonstration Funding. It is designed for English as a Second Language students in adult education or community college programs. The purpose is to diagnose reading strengths and weaknesses for a student or groups of students as well as to provide…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cloze Procedure, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1983
The Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) is a statewide testing program in reading and mathematics (with other subject areas tested on a sampling basis). The MEAP tests are administered every fall to all fourth, seventh, and tenth graders. This Handbook was developed to assist educators in analyzing, using, and reporting MEAP test…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Gilliland, Hap – 1976
The diagnostic test combines an individual reading inventory, a reading comprehension test, and a work analysis test to determine and verify the basic reading level of students, locate individual reading problems, compare reading comprehension to vocabulary level, and locate deficiencies in phonetic and structural analysis skills. For use in…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1991
The Diagnostic Assessments of Reading with Trial Teaching Strategies (DARTTS) is a program of diagnostic tests with sample lessons in aspects of literacy. Developed by Florence G. Roswell and Jeanne S. Chall, the DARTTS program is published in a multilevel format for beginning through advanced (high school) readers. Teachers administer and score…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1990
This administrator's summary describes the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP). The TAP battery is designed to provide information about the strengths and weaknesses of the instructional program and about skills performance of individual students in grades 9 through 12. The TAP may be administered at the year's beginning, middle, or end;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Expressive Language
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Testing Programs. – 1989
This manual contains the general information on Regents Examinations, Regents Competency tests, occupational education proficiency examinations, and second language proficiency examinations, as well as the regulations and procedures for ordering, administering, and rating these examinations. The Regents Examinations are achievement tests based on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Language Tests
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
The test manual for the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) test has been prepared for teachers, counselors, and others responsible for interpreting SLEP test scores. The SLEP is designed to assess the proficiency in English of students entering grades 7 through 12 whose native language is not English. As a test of understanding written and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1990
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), here summarized for administrators, are intended to provide information about the skills development of individual students and about relative strengths and weaknesses of the instructional program. The ITBS represents the first comprehensive elementary school and secondary school statewide testing program in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
The Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) test is a measure of ability in understanding spoken and written English. It is designed for use with students entering grades 7 through 12 whose native language is other than English. Previously offered on a limited basis at test centers established by the Educational Testing Service, the SLEP is now…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
