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Galen, Nancy – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1980
The author analyzes four informal reading inventories (IRIs) designed for adult students. Evaluative data presented for each IRI include the following: information on word lists and passages and on comprehension questions, estimates of difficulty based on the Fry index of readability, and a summary of scoring and evaluation guidelines. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Informal Reading Inventories
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Elijah, David; Legenza, Alice – Reading Improvement, 1980
Reports correlations between scores on the Metropolitan Readiness Tests, teacher rankings of reading readiness, and socioeconomic (SES) status of 536 beginning first-grade pupils. Discusses results in terms of the effects SES may have on both a student's readiness scores and a teacher's view of student readiness. (FL)
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Readiness
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Justice, Laura M.; Ezell, Helen K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2001
Preschool children (N=38) from low-income households enrolled in Head Start were evaluated for written language awareness. Analysis indicated significant gaps in print, word, graphic, and metalinguistic awareness. Lowest performance was found in children's ability to identify contextualized print within illustrations and their understanding of the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Literacy Education, Low Income, Poverty
Lissitz, Robert W. – 1994
This paper provides a very brief summary of the first three years of study of the court-ordered desegregation effort in St. Louis (Missouri). It examines differences in the reading and mathematics scores from the Stanford Achievement Test along with a performance-based writing assessment for four groups of African-American students. These groups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Court Litigation
Neiner, Christine M.; And Others – 1995
The Ohio sixth-grade proficiency test is intended to measure a student's literacy level and basic competency in writing, reading, mathematics, citizenship, and science. This guide is designed to help parents prepare their fifth- and sixth-grade children for this proficiency test. An introduction, "Important Information," outlines three…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills
Minnesota State Board of Teaching, St. Paul. – 1992
The Minnesota Board of Teaching adopted the Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) for initial teacher licensure as required by the State Legislature. A 1987 validation study set qualifying scores for reading, mathematics, and writing. This report evaluates the 4-year administration of the PPST, using data from 1987-91 that were analyzed according…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Education Majors, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
National Academy of Education, Stanford, CA. – 1993
The National Academy of Education Panel is providing the intellectual leadership and coordination for an independent evaluation of the 1990 and 1992 Trial State Assessments (TSA) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These instruments provide state-by-state comparisons of educational achievement, which is the first such use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
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Lee, Yong-Won; Breland, Hunter; Muraki, Eiji – ETS Research Report Series, 2004
This study has investigated the comparability of computer-based testing (CBT) writing prompts in the Test of English as a Foreign Language™ (TOEFL®) for examinees of different native language backgrounds. A total of 81 writing prompts introduced from July 1998 through August 2000 were examined using a three-step logistic regression procedure for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Testing
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effectiveness of English placement examinations used at five junior colleges in California; (2) the direction and distance of context required by college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Assessment
Filby, Nikola N.; Dishaw, Marilyn – 1976
Major analyses of the achievement tests used in the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study were conducted to determine test reactivity to instruction. Reading and mathematics tests were administered to second and fifth grade children. Classroom teachers' records were examined to determine the amount of opportunity students had to learn the content…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
Erb, Thomas Owen, Ed. – 1981
The ten studies contained in this volume mark the third publication by the National Middle School Association of research on early adolescent education. The previous issues are ED 214 273 and ED 214 283. The papers in the 1981 edition represent a broad range of middle school research topics and methodologies. A number of studies in this volume…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Death, Decision Making, Educational Environment
CUMMINS, EMERY J.; PALOMARES, UVALDO H. – 1968
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM 8 GRADE LEVELS WITHIN THE SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TESTED IN JUNE, 1967, AS PART OF AN EVALUATION OF THE RURAL MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA. ANALYSIS OF TEST RESULTS REVEALED THAT MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS FELL PROGRESSIVELY BEHIND IN PERCEPTUAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT--A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Methods
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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
During the 1974-75 school year, all second and third grade pupils in California were tested in reading achievement, and all pupils in grades 6 and 12 were tested in the basic skills of reading, written expression, and mathematics. The Reading Test: Second and Third Grades was the instrument used to assess reading achievement; it was developed…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1972
The factors (variables) examined in the California State Testing Program were divided into two groups for the analyses: (1) the 11 indicators of school quality in terms of the products of the educational system, referred to as output factors (e.g., pupil scores on achievement tests); and (2) the 22 indicators of school quality in terms of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Class Size, Comparative Analysis
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