The investigation tested the mean overall grade level placement of senior students in Louisiana secondary schools for the 1973-74 school session to see if they could meet the same standard that was used for adult students as the prerequisite for General Educational Development (GED) testing for the high school equivalency diploma (that is a…

Investigates the effects of three different item-difficulty sequenced test forms on performance and the anxiety-type by item-difficulty sequence interaction described by Munz and Smouse. Also investigates the assumption of Munz and Smouse that item-difficulty sequences are progressively more arousing or provoking in the order: random,…

Three virtues of standardized achievement tests which have enhanced their usefulness are discussed, and three fallacies, all the result of overenthusiasm, that have encouraged the misuse of test scores are examined.

This study investigated how the 1998 Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) achievement test scores of retained students in third grade (15% of students tested), sixth grade (10%), and eighth grade (4.6%) affect the citywide results in those grades and in subsequent grades. In third, sixth, and eighth grades, when the scores of retained students are…

Evidence suggest the importance of Mathematics Achievement scores as predictors of general academic success at the undergraduate level. (Authors)

Conditions under which measurement-driven instruction might produce its expected results are discussed, with reference to test stakes, performance standards, and the nature of content assessment. Under some conditions, instruction driven by measurement may corrupt the measurement process. (SLD)

Uses data from the North Carolina End-of-Grade test of eighth-grade mathematics to estimate the achievement results on the scale of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Trial State Assessment. Uses linear regression models to develop projection equations to predict state NAEP results. (SLD)

Models the relationship between a variety of Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) (National Center for Education Statistics) school-level data and average student assessment scores. Findings demonstrate the potential value of combining SASS with school-level assessment data as well as some limitations of the restricted set of analyses reported.…

Data are provided to the National Commission on Excellence in Education on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Statistics are provided on the following: yearly GMAT mean scores 1965-1966…

Credit earned by examination at the University of Texas (Austin) is equivalent to credit earned by taking the course, except that it will not count as credit earned in residence. This report covers the 1987-88 testing year, during which eight colleges or schools of the university participated in the credit-by-examination program. The examinations…

Students were identified for participation in the third annual National Achievement Scholarship Program by two methods: (1) all United States high schools were asked to nominate talented Negro students; and (2) high scoring Negro students were identified on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Of the 5,624 participants, about 20 percent…

Results of a survey test in arithmetic, administered to all 5,118, year 3 pupils of Vancouver schools during the week of May 29-June 2, 1972, are summarized and compared with those of 1969. The two parts of the test--Number Work and Problems--were given in separate sessions. Three tables present the test results data. The data show that the…

Using the grade equivalent composite scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills of Iowa fourth grade public school pupils who took the tests in January 1970, a study was made to determine the relative precision with which an estimate could be made of the individual percentile norms from different types of cluster sample designs. Five scores ranging…

An historical look at the French examination for the secondary school certificate. Its prestige, utility and relationship to higher education are discussed. (Text is in French.) (MLA)