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Klein, Stephen P. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2001
Citing the results of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exams, author disputes conclusion in Skrla and others article that Texas high-stakes accountability system significantly increased educational equity and social justice for racial minority students. (PKP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the Texas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role
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Valencia, Richard R.; Villarreal, Bruno J. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Examines an educational statute in Texas that requires all third graders to pass a reading test before promoting to fourth grade. Discusses negative implications for literacy instruction. Examines the notion of measurement-driven instruction and skills-based classrooms. Finds the improvement of students' reading performance in Texas via…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Grade 3, High Stakes Tests, Literacy
Ashworth, Kenneth H. – College Board Review, 1990
Testing has almost completely lost its identity as a device to increase access to college for the underprivileged. Testing today is seen as a device to deny access. Intelligence is randomly distributed among the rich and the poor, and testing helps remove privilege as a guarantee of success and advancement. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Access to Education, Attitudes, Educational Change
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Bussert-Webb, Kathy – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Relates the author's experiences teaching remedial reading in a Texas high school, where the state-mandated exit-level competency test heavily influences teaching. Discusses negative effects on students and on teachers. Describes how the author's teaching evolved from an emphasis on this basic skills test to a focus on engaging students in…
Descriptors: Discipline, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Attitudes
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Skrla, Linda; Scheurich, James Joseph; Johnson, Joseph F., Jr. – Education and Urban Society, 2001
Introduces a collection of articles on accountability, testing, and academics in schools with minority group and low-income students. The articles share the common viewpoint that there have been, and will continue to be mixed effects of accountability on educational equity in schools and districts. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1995
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments were made. In 1994, TSA was expanded to include non-public school students. The 1994 reading assessment considered students' proficiency in situations that involved…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, National Competency Tests
Stoker, W. M.; Tarrab, Miguel – 1984
All teacher education students in Texas must pass three minimum competency examinations to be admitted to a teacher education program. The Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) contains three separate tests in reading, mathematics, and writing. West Texas State University requires all entering freshmen to submit scores from the American College…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Higher Education
Veselka, Marvin – 1986
As the result of educational reform legislation passed in Texas in 1984, a recertification examination was instituted for practicing elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators. The deadline for successful completion of the test by educators was June 30, 1986. The emphasis was on measuring reading and writing abilities, and an…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests
Heller, Joan I.; Curtis, Deborah A.; Jaffe, Rebecca; Verboncoeur, Carol J. – Online Submission, 2005
This study investigated the relationship between instructional use of handheld graphing calculators and student achievement in Algebra 1. Three end-of-course test forms were administered (without calculators) using matrix sampling to 458 high-school students in two suburban school districts in Oregon and Kansas. Test questions on two forms were…
Descriptors: Test Items, Standardized Tests, Suburban Schools, Item Sampling
Klein, Stephen P.; Hamilton, Laura S.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Stecher, Brian M. – 2000
Texas students have made extraordinarily large gains on statewide achievement tests, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), gains so dramatic that they have been dubbed the "Texas miracle." There is general agreement that these gains are attributable to the high stakes accountability system in Texas, but there is some question…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, National Competency Tests
Phillips, Jerry; Phillips, Julie – 1992
This paper describes a father's reflections on his daughter Charlie's failure to pass a state-mandated standardized test; reactions of both to the failure; reactions of both to emerging events; Charlie's next challenge and her looking to the future, and final thoughts and conclusions. The paper is a collaborative effort between father and daughter…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Individual Development, Outcomes of Education
Teale, William H. – Texas Reading Report, 1989
Standardized tests represent one way of obtaining assessment information. Yet in recent years educators and the public have voiced concerns about an overriding emphasis on tests and test scores. Pressure to "teach to the test" means that not enough time is spent on higher order thinking and literacy skills because minimal competencies…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Emergent Literacy, Minimum Competency Testing
Garcia, Joseph; Rothman, Robert – 2002
This paper reports on a study of three states (Maryland, Massachusetts, and Texas) that investigated their policies and practices imvolving standards, assessment, accountability, teaching quality, and public engagement. It focuses on common conditions contributing to success in raising achievement (consistency, consensus, and comprehensiveness);…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Linton, Thomas H.; Kester, Donald – 2003
This study was conducted to determine whether norm-referenced test data and Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) data from 1995 and 1999 showed similar gains in reading and mathematics achievement. TAAS data were collected from all students in Texas who were in the accountability subset of scores used for rating schools, approximately…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, High Stakes Tests
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