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Direct linkSchaeffer, Brett – School Administrator, 2004
Like a lot of superintendents, Pennsylvania's Steve Iovino believes in a simple axiom: the more student test data the better. Warwick School District, a 4,100-student district located in southeastern Pennsylvania, tested its students even in years when state-mandated exams were not required. But Iovino did not know exactly what to make of all this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, State Standards, Academic Standards, Student Evaluation
Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
The Pennsylvania Department of Education suggests a scheme of what a school district might do in the way of preassessment publicity, concurrent publicity, and postassessment publicity regarding Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) reports. A case study is presented of a hypothetical school district with five elementary schools, two junior highs,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Information Dissemination, Public Relations
Kim, Joyce S. – 1978
Superintendents from 155 school districts in Pennsylvania were surveyed regarding their participation in Pennsylvania's 1976 Educational Quality Assessment (EQA). Ten state goals for quality public school education were assessed in grades 5, 8, and 11, as part of the EQA. Questionnaire responses were returned by superintendents from 128 school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
The Racial Achievement Gap in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies Paper Number 18.
Beckford, Ian A.; Cooley, William W. – 1993
The large difference in average achievement test scores between white students and black students is exacerbated in Pennsylvania by the fact that 90% of the black students are enrolled in only 9% of the state's 500 school districts. The nature of this achievement gap was examined, focusing on the variation of the gap's size as measured within a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Educational Environment
1976
In April 1969, the year before school district reorganization, students in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania were given the 1965 version of the Stanford Achievement Test. In April 1976, the sixth year of desegregation, students were given the 1973 version of the Stanford Achievement Test. This paper presents seven charts comparing the 1969 scores in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Desegregation Effects
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) secondary school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating school,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Blust, Ross S.; Kohr, Richard L. – 1984
A survey to gather information concerning school district testing programs in Pennsylvania is reviewed. The information concerns the commercially produced norm referenced and criterion referenced achievement tests, as well as locally produced achievement tests used in the state's school districts. The Pennsylvania Division of Educational Testing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) junior high school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1974
This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) elementary school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Affective Measures, Educational Assessment
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh initiated an education reform package, "Turning the Tide: An Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools" in October 1983. The statewide competency testing program which followed was "Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS), and it tested reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 8
