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Reflections on ASAP: Comments from Arizona Teachers.
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Asay, Dawn; And Others – Arizona Reading Journal, 1991
Offers six Arizona teachers' comments on the new Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP). Discusses how the test affects children, whether the testing procedure is easily understood by teachers, how the ASAP differs from a standardized test, how the classroom teaching process has changed as a result of the test, concerns about the test, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Tests, State Standards, Student Evaluation
How Do the New ASAP Reading Assessments Measure Up? A Look at the New Essential Skills Assessments from the Process Point of View.
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Easton, Lois E. – Arizona Reading Journal, 1991
Offers a preliminary assessment of the new Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP). Uses James Squire's model for analyzing reading and writing processes to analyze how well the tests assess reading processes. Includes some sample ASAP forms. Finds that the problems are minor in terms of evaluating the overall effectiveness of the new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Processes, Reading Tests, State Standards
Reading Instruction in Secondary LD Programs.
Ostertag, Bruce A.; Schnoor, Janice M. – Academic Therapy, 1981
A reading practices survey of 138 Arizona secondary learning disabled teachers was conducted. Among results were that 65 percent of special educators indicated access to reading specialist/instructed programs; the Individualized Reading Approach was the method used most; and the special educator was the professional mainly responsible for reading…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
The Proficiency Illusion
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Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests
Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing and Appendix to the Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing.
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Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1991
Test results are presented from the 11th year of the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program, administered as mandated by the state legislature, which requires that a nationally standardized norm-referenced achievement test in reading, grammar, and mathematics be given to students in grades 2 through 11, with representative samples tested in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing and Appendix to the Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing.
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Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1992
Test results are presented for the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program for fall 1991. In the 1991-92 school year, the state legislature mandated that only grades 4, 7, and 11 be tested. Although school districts could elect to test other grades, results in this report represent only tests for grades 4, 7, and 11 on either the Iowa Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education