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Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1978
The fourth report required by the Maryland Educational Accountability Act, this report contains information about goals for Maryland public education and progress toward those goals. An introductory chapter explains accountability, the Maryland Accountability Act, and limitations of current instruments for measuring learning progress. The second…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationGarcia, David; Aportela, Anabel – 2000
This document contains reports of school district results on the Arizona Measure of Academic Progress by school and grade level for the 1999-2000 school year. Lengthy tables present results for reading and mathematics showing the change in achievement between grades each year from grades 2 to 3 to grades 7 to 8. The Arizona Measure of Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1999
This publication provides a reference for those interested in conducting comparative studies about North Carolina tests. It includes norms tables and other basic statistical information for all state-developed tests (state-mandated and local option tests where baseline data are available) that were administered during the current accountability…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, State Norms, State Programs
Koretz, Daniel M.; Barron, Sheila I. – 1998
Large gains in scores have been observed over the first years of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) program. The extent to which these gains in scores indicate that student learning improved was evaluated. Previous studies have suggested that KIRIS score gains might be appreciably inflated, something that might result…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores, State Programs
PDF pending restorationMaine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1972
The five appendixes to Results Report 1, Report 2 of the Maine Assessment of Educational Progress are provided. These appendixes are: A. Analysis Grouping Variables within Maine; B. Descriptive Data for the Sample by Region and Size of Community; C. Exercise Texts and Results Codes; D. Maine Subgroup P-Values and Standard Errors, State-to-Subgroup…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Status Comparison, Secondary Education, State Programs
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1972
Hawaii's testing program for 1971-72 is described, and test results are provided. Following an introduction and a glossary of technical terminology, narrative summaries of all the tests administered are provided. These tests are: California Test of Mental Maturity; California Achievement Test--Reading; SCAT; STEP--Reading, Mathematics, Writing,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Norms, Research Reports
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1998
This briefing packet contains data on the school and district accountability results for Kentucky's state assessment system, the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System, for 1994-1995 through its last use in 1997-1998. The first section contains state and regional accountability indices by grade level, with number of students tested and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 2000
This document presents school and district information on the spring 2000 administration of the Arizona Instrument To Measure Standards (AIMS) organized by grade and alphabetically by district and school. Grade level is noted at the top of each page. AIMS scores for each subject are organized in columns under each subject area heading. Information…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationTexas State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 2001
This report provides a summary of test results from the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), including alternative tests taken for TASP purposes as authorized by state law, by student race/ethnicity for academic year 1999-2000. The results are provided for each Texas public university and community or technical college and for the entire state.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, College Students
Finch, John M. – 1975
The Fall, 1974 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program was administered to nearly all of South Carolina's fourth and seventh grade students and a sample of ninth and eleventh grade students participated in the testing program. There were 49,068 fourth graders, about 98 percent, and 53,662 seventh graders, about 99 percent, tested. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1998
This report presents results from the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) tests administered in the spring of 1997 and results from end of course tests in Algebra and Biology. Only a slight decrease in the percentage passing the eighth-grade social studies test marred the otherwise across-the-board rise in percentages meeting minimum…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Algebra, Biology
Lee, Jaekyung – 2000
This study considered two questions about the use of national and state assessment databases: (1) Do state and national assessments provide the same information on the performance of an educational system? and (2) What are the factors that might affect the discrepancies between national and state assessment results? Kentucky and Maine were chosen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1998
This publication provides a reference for educators and others interested in conducting comparative studies relative to North Carolina tests. It includes norms, tables, and other statistical information for all state-developed tests (state-mandated and local-option tests for which baseline data are available) that were administered during the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1998
The School-Based Management and Accountability Program, also known as the "ABCs of Public Education," or just "the ABCs," is the statewide school-based accountability program for public schools in North Carolina. This document reports the results of the 1997-98 ABCs, in the second year of the implementation of the ABCs in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
CTB / McGraw-Hill, Monterey, CA. – 1971
A comprehensive assessment was made of the status of elementary education in Missouri in reading, mathematics, language, and study skills. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude (SFTAA) were administered to a sample of Missouri fourth and sixth graders. For each curricular area, Missouri…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
