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Direct linkSouthern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2007
SREB states were among the first in the nation to implement statewide high school exams. Today, these exams are a key component of each state's accountability system. This report identifies which states use comprehensive exams and which use end-of-course exams, how students perform on them, and whether achievement gaps have narrowed. It also…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Assessment, Achievement Tests, Achievement Gap
Download full textSchafer, William D. – 2002
Multiple measures may mean multiple opportunities to show achievement or the use of multiple assessment formats. A third meaning is the use of assessments from different sources, such as augmenting an external, usually commercial assessment with a state's own assessment. The first two meanings of multiple assessments have been explored…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Stevenson, Jose W. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2005
The vast majority of Montgomery County public schools made sufficient progress on state testing and accountability standards in 2004 to comply with the adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements under the "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001." Information released by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) in October 2004…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Educational Improvement
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1978
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1977
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy (CEP) analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
