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Download full textLivingston, Samuel A. – 1986
This paper describes the Multiple Assessment Programs and Services (MAPS) Placement Research Service. Students entering nonselective colleges show a wide range of ability. The College Board offers these colleges a number of tests of reading, writing, and mathematics skills for use in placing students appropriately. The MAPS Placement Research…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education
Andrews, Jerrilyn V.; And Others – 1984
In 1977 the Dallas Independent School District devised a 5-year state-mandated improvement plan for increasing student test scores in priority goal areas. This paper describes the planning process as it evolved, the problems faced by large districts, and the 5-year student achievement results. The original plan contained eight priority goal areas,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
This annual report combines the November, January, April, June, and August provincial results in diploma examination courses in the Alberta (Canada) schools. The graphs, tables, and text describe student performance for the entire school year. The report is designed to assist school personnel in identifying patterns of students' achievement in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Peer reviewedGill, C. E.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study analyzed the Tertiary Admission Examination and Australian Scholastic Aptitude Test results for 264 pairs of 17-year-old monozygotic and dizygotic twins in Western Australia to determine if examination performance is influenced by environmental or genetic factors. Purely environmental models are rejected as inadequate explanations of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1999
This annual report combines the November, January, April, June, and August provincial results in diploma examination courses in Alberta, Canada. The graphs, tables, and text describe student performance for the entire school year. The report is designed to assist school personnel in identifying patterns of student achievement in Alberta and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports
Peer reviewedKulik, Chen-Lin C.; Kulik, James A. – AEDS Journal, 1986
This meta analysis of 101 studies of computer-based education in colleges highlights examination performance, student attitudes toward instruction and computers, the relationship of publication source to study outcome, and time needed for instruction. One hundred twenty-one references are listed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Effect Size, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGreer, Jim – AEDS Journal, 1986
Reviews a study of 117 students at the University of Saskatchewan which examined the relationship between high school computer experience and university achievement in introductory computer science. The pretests used are described, findings are analyzed, and student withdrawal patterns are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Peer reviewedGabriel, Roy M. – AEDS Journal, 1985
Describes development of a comprehensive computer literacy assessment battery for K-12 curriculum based on objectives of a curriculum implemented in the Worldwide Department of Defense Dependents Schools system. Test development and field test data are discussed and a correlational analysis which assists in interpretation of test results is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Age Differences, Behavioral Objectives
