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Download full textEngelhardt, David F. – 1979
Because motivational factors and test wiseness can contaminate testing used for needs assessments or evaluation purposes, techniques for increasing student and teacher motivation are discussed. Guidelines concerning guessing are also presented. While guessing is encouraged on program evaluation or screening tests, it is not advocated for…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Guidelines
PDF pending restorationNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2000
The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) is New Jersey's test for fourth graders. It is designed to give the school information about how well students are achieving in the areas required by New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards. This guide offers parents and students information about the ESPA. Parent information, which is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; Monfils, Lora; Camilli, Gregory; Schorr, Roberta Y.; Hicks, Jennifer E.; Mayrowetz, David – Teachers College Record, 2002
Surveyed, interviewed, and observed fourth grade New Jersey math and science teachers regarding test preparation activities. Test preparation consisted of a mix of more and less intellectually challenging activities. There was more direct instruction in lower socioeconomic districts, but not less inquiry-oriented instruction. Principal support had…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
PDF pending restorationNew Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2001
The Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) is New Jersey's test for fourth graders. It is designed to give the school information about how well students are achieving in the areas required by New Jersey's Core Curriculum Content Standards. This guide offers parents, students, and teachers information about the ESPA. The parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 2001
This booklet prepares a student to take New Jersey's Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA), a test that measures the knowledge and skills that will be tested later in the state's High School Proficiency Assessment. The GEPA has three test sections (content areas): Language Arts Literacy, Mathematics, and Science. The booklet tells students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
McGoldrick, Laurie – 1992
A study explored the effects of direct instruction and modeling on students' ability to follow written directions. Subjects in the experimental group, 62 eighth-grade students enrolled in a suburban New Jersey middle school reasoning and study skills program, were given 22 class sessions of direct instruction and modeling for following written…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Grade 7, Grade 8
Morley, Mary; Bridgeman, Brent; Lawless, René – ETS Research Report Series, 2004
This study investigated the transfer of solution strategies between close variants of quantitative reasoning questions. Pre- and posttests were obtained from 406 college undergraduates, all of whom took the same posttest; pretests varied such that one group of participants saw close variants of one set of posttest items while other groups saw…
Descriptors: Test Items, Mathematics Tests, Problem Solving, Pretests Posttests
