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Download full textBliss, Leonard B. – 1984
A sample of slightly over 1,500 students drawn from even-numbered grades in public schools of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) were given the 1973 edition of the Stanford Achievement Test (grades 2, 4, 6, and 8) and the Test of Academic Skills (grades 10 and 12) in an attempt to assess student academic achievement in the basic skill areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Intended for teachers and students, this document updates information about the design, sections, and scoring of the Grade 12 diploma examinations in English 30 and 33 for the 1986-87 school year in Alberta, Canada. It contains blueprints illustrating the relationship between the content and scoring of writing and reading test assignments and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the ten readings in the readings booklet. The questions examine the student's skills in (1) understanding meanings, (2) understanding and interpreting the relationships between form and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationBrown, Roger – 1987
Once every three years, school districts receiving Chapter 1 funds are required to conduct a study of the sustained effects of their Chapter 1 programs. To meet this requirement, the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools employed a fall-spring test design to determine the degree to which pupils who participated in the Compensatory Language Experiences…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) includes the following nine short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama: "The Biggest Liar in the World" (Harry Mark Petrakis); "Victorian…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this questions booklet contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the nine selections in an accompanying readings booklet. The questions examine the students' skills in (1) understanding meanings; (2) recalling materials read; (3) understanding…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 33 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test is designed to be administered with a questions booklet. The following short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and day-to-day functional materials are included: (1) "M is for Mother" (Marjorie Riddle);…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Flood, James, Ed. – 1984
Designed to present a historical account of instructional approaches to the teaching of comprehension as well as insights into effective approaches for the present and the future, this collection of papers is divided into three parts, concerned respectively with: (1) instructional research in reading comprehension, (2) the reader and the text, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
Intended for students taking the English 33 Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in Alberta, Canada, this booklet contains the 70 multiple choice questions related to the nine selections in the readings booklet of Part B, the reading component of the June 1988 tests. The questions examine students' skills in: (1) understanding meanings; (2) understanding…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examination in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test contains 80 multiple choice test items based on the ten readings in the readings booklet. The questions examine the student's skills in (1) understanding meanings, (2) understanding and interpreting the relationships between form and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1967
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF PROCEDURES, AND SAMPLES OF RECORDS, LESSON PLANS, EXERCISES, TEST ITEMS, AND ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS. THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER TITLES -- (1) LEARNING ABOUT THE CHILD, (2) CLASS ORGANIZATION, (3) BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH MATERIALS, (4) GETTING…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Farr, Roger; Summers, Edward G. – 1968
This two-part guide was designed to serve as a comprehensive source of information on published reading tests. Part I provides the following descriptive information about each test: (1) the name as listed on the front cover of the test booklet, (2) the publisher's suggested grade or age level for test use, (3) the type of test-individual or group,…
Descriptors: Group Norms, Group Testing, Individual Testing, Reading Comprehension
Hayes, Donald P.; Grether, Judith – 1969
A detailed analysis was made of 600,000 New York City school children in grades 2 through 6 to ascertain the effects of nonschool periods (vacations) on reading and word knowledge. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered to the children in September and April of 2 school years, 1965-1966 and 1966-1967. The schools involved were divided…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Schools, Extended School Year, Low Achievement
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. Div. of General Education. – 1970
As a beginning point from which a teacher may use his own insights and understandings to launch, enrich, or strengthen a reading program, this tentative guide to reading offers some ideas, suggestions and guidelines that can aid the teacher in meeting the individual needs of his students. Activities and techniques are built upon a continuum so…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1972
This abbreviated form of the report of Florida's Statewide Assessment Program summarizes the key results and recommendations of the State's performance on the 1971-72 assessment of selected reading-related skills in grades 2 and 4. Topics discussed are: (1) why test? (2) what is statewide assessment? (3) what do 1971-72 assessment results show?…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Grade 4, Listening Comprehension
