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Download full textTindal, Gerald; Nese, Joseph F.; Alonzo, Julie – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2009
In this technical report, data are presented on the predictive and concurrent relation between various student demographic variables (gender, race/ethnicity, special education status, Title 1 status, English language learning status, and economic disadvantage) and three reading easyCBMs (passage reading fluency, vocabulary, and multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Fluency, Academic Achievement, Research Reports
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Direct linkFantuzzo, John; McWayne, Christine; Perry, Marlo A.; Childs, Stephanie – School Psychology Review, 2004
Relations between multiple dimensions of family involvement in early childhood education and classroom outcomes were examined. Participants included 144 urban, Head Start children. Parental report of family involvement was gathered in late fall using a multidimensional assessment. Relations between family involvement dimensions and end of the year…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Vocabulary Skills, Learning Motivation
Samejima, Fumiko – 1984
Simple sum procedure of the conditional PDF approach (plausiblity of distractor function) combined with the normal approach method was applied for estimating the plausibility functions of the distractors of the Level II vocabulary subtest items of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. In so doing, the normal ogive model was adopted for the correct…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Analysis
Tompkins, Leroy J. – 1982
The 1981 Basic Skills Summer School Program in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools provided intensive remedial instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics to pupils who scored very low on national standardized achievement tests. An evaluation of the program's effects found that (1) over all, participating students in grades 4-8 scored…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Joseph, Nancy – 1984
A language skills program was developed at Lake City Community College to increase remedial students' chances of academic success in college courses. The program concentrates first on developing students' speaking and listening skills and then proceeds to more complex reading and writing skills. The program provides 16 weeks of developmental study…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1988
This report describes the results of the October, 1987, state assessment of basic skills of all Washington public school students in grades 4, 8, and 10. More than 152,000 students were tested using the Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition. The first section of the report describes the general state level results for the involved grades.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Bracey, Gerald W.; And Others – 1987
In order to assess the locally developed curricula, the Cherry Creek School District of Colorado developed several objective-referenced tests focused on objectives that instructional staff have identified as important for all district students. The local assessments are designed to work in conjunction with the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBSs) to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1987
From March through October of 1986, 44,453 students took the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) at the 30 New Jersey public colleges and 11 participating independent institutions of higher education. Designed to provide data for summary reports to the Board of Higher Education and to help colleges place already admitted…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Language Skills
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
Details are provided to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education on the level of basic skills among freshmen admitted to the state's public colleges/universities. Levels of proficiency are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT). Categories reflect performance of students tested at the campuses of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Language Skills
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. – 1975
Presented are the records of 1976 seniors in the United States and who registered for the College Boards before April of their senior year. Statistical data presented includes information on: (1) type of high school; (2) ethnic background; (3) high school record; (4) test scores; (5) college plans; (6) activities; (7) skills and abilities; and (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests
Donaldson, Judy P. – 1980
This instructional aid for elementary and secondary teachers of English as a second language recommends itself especially to those situations where a bilingual teacher and a formal bilingual program are not available. The first item presented is a letter to parents translated into each of the 21 languages covered. The letter urges the parents to…
Descriptors: Arabic, Basic Vocabulary, Bengali, Bilingual Education
Jacobsen, Linda S.; Borchardt, Gordon C. – 1980
In order to identify a battery of aptitude tests which could adequately predict the success of applicants to its court-reporting program, MacCormac Junior College contracted with Science Research Associates in Fall 1976 to conduct a longitudinal validation study of court-reporting aptitude measures. Eight tests were administered to each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admissions Counseling, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children
