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Evaluating the Validity of a High-Stakes ESL Test: Why Teacher's Perceptions Matter
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Winke, Paula – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
The English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) is used in the state of Michigan in the United States to fulfill government-mandated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements. The test is used to promote and monitor achievement in English language learning in schools that receive federal NCLB funding. The goal of the project discussed here was…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests
An Examination of Master's Student Retention & Completion
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Barry, Melissa; Mathies, Charles – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2011
This study was conducted at a research-extensive public university in the southeastern United States. It examined the retention and completion of master's degree students across numerous disciplines. Results were derived from a series of descriptive statistics, T-tests, and a series of binary logistic regression models. The findings from binary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Graduate Study, Role
A Comparison Study of 9th Graders in the U.S. and Albania
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Garo, Sofokli – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2008
The purpose of this research is to compare American and Albanian students' achievement in Algebra 1 and to identify the educational practices that influence students' achievement in each country. The study compared algebraic solving abilities of 242 ninth-grade American students in Grand Forks (U.S.) and 219 students in Durres (Albania). The data…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
National Tests: What Other Countries Expect Their Students To Know.
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 1991
Several leaders in education have concluded that the United States should have some form of national achievement testing. Such tests are proposed as part of the "America 2000" education strategy. Believing that the experience of other countries will be useful to educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens, the National Endowment for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
The College Board National High School Survey Report. Research Report No. 2002-4
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Maucieri, Lawrence; Gernand, Renee; Patelis, Thanos – College Entrance Examination Board, 2002
The Guidance Services and Research and Development Departments of the College Board coordinated an investigation of the results of a national high school survey. This survey, administered in 2000, follows a similar, large-scale survey of high schools in 1993 by the College Board. The current research report is designed to provide the reader with…
Descriptors: National Surveys, High Schools, High School Students, Trend Analysis
State Assessment Programs: Current Status and a Look Ahead.
Kauffman, John D. – 1979
Two reports on the current status and future trends of state assessment programs are presented. Among the results summarized for 1977-1978 and also presented in chart form for the 41 states which administer testing programs are: 19 programs are mandated by state legislatures; 22 programs test all students in the grades or ages assessed;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Educational Trends