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Washington Pre-College Testing Program, Seattle. – 1979
Three sections describing the Washington Pre-College Test (WPC) are presented. The first, Registration Booklet, is intended for high school students who may take the WPC. It describes the program; provides detailed instructions on completing the answer folder; lists colleges in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho which accept WPC results; and includes…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Aptitude Tests, Biographical Inventories, Career Counseling
Download full textSonak, Brian C.; Suen, Hoi K.; Zappe, Steve M.; Hunter, Maxwell W. – 2002
With the advent of computer technology, students can now be informed about their progress and provided feedback limited only to the level of efficiency. For the 1999-2000 school year, a computer reporting program, TigerNet, was instituted in a junior high school in Pennsylvania. Through a year-long investigation, data were collected to determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Feedback, Information Dissemination
Hodges, Carol A. – 1992
This study, part of a larger longitudinal research project, focused on the relationship between teachers' rankings of their students' literacy achievements, based on informal assessment, and the scores that the students received on a standardized test. Kindergarten students (initial sample of 136) were followed for 3 years. At the end of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Jones, Russell W. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to improve both statistical and judgmental methods for detecting potentially biased test items in an attempt to examine the agreement between the results obtained with these methods. If greater agreement between methods can be achieved, test items can be more effectively screened using judgmental methods prior to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis
Semple, Brian McLean – 1992
The second International Assessment of Educational Progress focused on the mathematics and science achievement of 13-year-olds. Performance assessments were used as part of the overall assessment in four countries (England, Scotland, Soviet Union, and Taiwan) and five Canadian provinces. The performance assessment approach drew heavily on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Vernetson, Theresa, Ed. – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1993
This edition of the "Research Bulletin" is a compilation of papers presented at the annual William F. Breivogel Conference in 1993. The conference theme was alternative and portfolio assessment. Papers were grouped into assessment in general, portfolio assessment, and alternative assessments and curriculum questions. The selected papers…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Anderson, John O.; And Others – 1990
The impacts of the Grade 12 Provincial Examination Program on the educational system in British Columbia and its participants were studied. Beginning with the 1983-84 school year, students in British Columbia have been required to take an end-of-course provincial examination in each academic course they take. The study began with a review of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Counselors, Foreign Countries
Schnelker, Diane; And Others – 1986
A three-year study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the Transitional School Model in the Des Moines, Iowa, Independent Community School District. The model was designed to provide early adolescents in grades 6-8 with a more comprehensive bridge between elementary school and high school by emphasizing students' physical, emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Kirsch, Irwin S.; Jungeblut, Ann – 1986
This document provides the final report of a survey conducted by the 1985 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to assess the literary skills of America's young adults. Chapter I provides the rationale for conducting a study of literacy proficiencies of young adults aged 21 to 25. The purpose and conceptual framework of the research…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2001
This document contains results for 1999-2000 for North Carolina state testing programs. The Grade 3 pretest is a multiple-choice reading and mathematics test administered to students in the first 3 weeks of grade 3. This pretest was administered to more than 102,000 students in the 1999-2000 school year. Results showed that 69.8% of students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Biology, Charter Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1994
The annual report on achievement testing in Alberta (Canada) includes test results for third-grade students in language learning (for the regular English program), sixth-grade students in social studies, and ninth-grade students in science. Results are regarded in terms of curriculum standards, assessment standards, and achievement standards.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Eignor, Daniel R. – 1979
This instructional training package introduces practitioners to methods for developing, validating, using, and reporting criterion-referenced tests. It provides a comprehensive presentation of criterion-referenced testing technology. The package emphasizes the most recent substantive and technological advances in the field that are both important…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Methods, Mastery Tests
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables on CD-ROM present mathematics and science results from the NAEP 1996 State Assessments. Mathematics results from 1990 and 1992 assessments are also provided for the nation and for states that participated in either or both of the assessments. The student, teacher, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Institutional Characteristics
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1985
Results of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program's 1984 test administrations are summarized. A sample of 16,000 public school students were tested. Tests included objective-referenced tests in writing and understanding of economics, and the norm-referenced Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) test of reading, mathematics, and language.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Economics
