This evaluation kit is a self-instructional package that provides a principal with all the procedures and materials necessary to conduct an assessment of his school's educational needs. This report describes the field testing of the Kit during the 1970-71 school year. California, national, and individual case study school samples were used.…

Field trials were conducted to test rating methods and the impact of feedback about consequences for the 1998 achievement levels-setting (ALS) process for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The field trials provided the opportunity to try out different methods similar to those used successfully by others, as well as to try out…

In the evaluation of Project Information Packages (PIPs), a content analysis was performed to detect congruence between items in a norm-referenced test and the content in six exemplary compensatory education program curricula. Gains on congruent items were used to assess the effectiveness of the programs. Preliminary results show that the amount…

The Academic Achievement Project (AAP) was conceived as a comprehensive plan for the improvement of the learning experiences of students in the public schools of the District of Columbia, primarily in the curriculum areas of reading and mathematics. A number of programs or components constituted the framework through which this project was to be…