This study investigated the relationship between graduate grade-point-average (GGPA) and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). It also investigated the relationship between GGPA and the total score, as well as the scores on each part, of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The…

"Information Works" offers snapshots of Rhode Island schools that make it possible to gauge a school's accomplishments against its challenges. Two pages of information for each of the state's schools present fundamental, pertinent, and uniformly reportable data about achievement. The following 10 fields are completed for each school in…

Each year, through its system-wide testing program, the Dallas Independent School District collects and reports assessment data on the achievement of its pupils. The data are summarized in a variety of ways in different reports to meet the needs of a particular audience. The three reports in this year's series were produced by computer, using a…

The report summarizes test performance for 771,031 high school students tested on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, (ASVAB) Form Two, during school year 1973-74, with separate normative tables provided by subtest, aptitude composite, grade, sex, and geographic region. New data are provided for ninth grade and post-high school students.…

This report presents Washington Pre-College test norms for the 1973 entering freshman class. Percentile charts for male, female, and total groups are given. A table of the 75th, 50th, and 25th percentile scores over the past four years for the three groups is included. Another table presents means and standard deviations for the grade point…

A second follow-up of students in five cities in 1947 who had taken the Differential Aptitude Tests is reported. Questionnaires were sent out to 2,386 individuals, and replies were received from 1,430. Their Differential Aptitude Test scores were converted to standard scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, based upon the original…

A survey test in mathematics was administered to all pupils (N=5,557) in grade 6 of Vancouver schools. The three parts of the test--computation, concepts, and problems, were given in separate sessions. The same test was given in 1969. The median scores in 1972 for the three subtests and for total score were somewhat lower than those in 1969. A…

This interim report summarizes ongoing research reported from the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia on the relationship between matriculation through the Tertiary Education Entrance Project Series A Test Battery and university performance. In view of the preliminary nature of the findings, the tables are…

Attempts to determine if the measurement of young children's learning is enhanced when the modality used in the testing is congruent with that employed in the instructional phase. More specifically, does a test consisting of words for objects provide a valid index of pupil growth when a different medium is used in the teaching of a specified…

Authors argued that changes in high-school characteristics like teacher experience, class size, and social composition are unlikely to change high-school effectiveness, and that holding schools accountable for one outcome is unlikely to guarantee effectiveness on another. (Editor/RK)

This report outlines student performance results from the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) for the 1997-1998 school year as well as results from the Spanish TAAS tests and the Biology I and Algebra I end-of-course examinations. Data represent test results for students not in special education. The chapters are: (1) "Executive…

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…

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.…

This study examined Texas public school participation and performance in the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs during the 2000-2001 school year. The number of Texas AP and IB examinees was higher than in previous years, as well as the number of schools with AP examinees. Participation rates for African Americans…

Students at 15 Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, (WCPSS) high schools took approximately 4,878 Advanced Placement (AP) examinations offered by the College Board in 2001-2002. With 20% of all juniors and seniors in the district taking at least one AP examination, the percent attaining a score of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale (the…