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Download full textKenney, Jane L.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1984
This report on trends in school improvement test results presents an analysis and synthesis of 1978-1984 student performance data from four state-mandated testing programs: (1) the Educational Quality Assessment Program in Pennsylvania; (2) the Minimum Basic Skills Program in New Jersey; (3) the Delaware Educational Assessment Program in Delaware;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Buttram, Joan L. – 1990
For the past 8 years, Research for Better Schools, Inc. (RBS) has prepared an analysis of state-wide trends in student achievement in the mid-Atlantic states (i.e., Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania). For this year, instead of quantitatively examining trends in student achievement scores, RBS decided to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Corbett, H. Dickson; Wilson, Bruce – 1989
The mandated minimum competency programs of two states--Pennsylvania and Maryland--are examined, and some of the effects on school districts of raising the testing stakes are reviewed. In a survey conducted during the winter of 1986-87 in Pennsylvania and Maryland, one teacher, one principal, and one central office staff member each from 277…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Myerberg, N. James; And Others. – 1983
While the seventh and ninth grade Maryland Functional Mathematics Tests (MFMT) appear valid and well constructed, the 65 percent passing rate for Montgomery County Public Schools' ninth grade students raises questions about the 81 percent passing score set for the MFMT. This standard is far stiffer than the 59 percent set for the Maryland…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cutting Scores, Exceptional Persons, Mathematics Achievement
Myerberg, N. James; And Others – 1978
Results are presented, in the form of an annual report, of the standardized test performance of elementary and secondary school students in the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Rockville, Maryland. This year, as in the past, the report includes an update of the historical record of countywide test results on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Cognitive Ability
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland School Performance, Product, and Service Development Office. – 1993
This publication presents performance data and the concomitant standards of performance that form the basis of school improvement in Maryland. The Data-Based Areas section of this report describes essential tools for measuring how well schools, school systems, and the state are preparing every student for higher education and successful careers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
