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Howe, Quincy – Educational Horizons, 2006
In this article, the author relates how a math-assessment software has allowed his school to track the academic progress of its students. The author relates that in the first year that the software was deployed, schoolwide averages in terms of national standing on the math ITBS rose from the 42nd to 59th percentile. In addition, a significant…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Mathews, Walter M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
This article reports a comparative study of teacher acceptance of two kinds of testing reports that were generated for Form A of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills at the fourth-grade level. (Editor)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Data Collection, Elementary Schools
Ebmeier, Howard H.; Ziomek, Robert L. – 1983
The overall purpose of this project was threefold: (1) to gather task descriptive data concerning engagement rates of students across grade levels, abilities, classrooms, contextual factors, subject areas and task structures; (2) to link various teacher behaviors with student engagement rates, focusing on correlational results between a number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
The purpose, procedures, analyses, and results are documented for seven information sources used by Austin (Texas) Independent School District in the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)/Districtwide Priorities--Systemwide Desegregation Evaluation, 1981-82. The information sources include: (1) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, (2) Sequential Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Black Students
Bassis, Michael; And Others – 1976
Differences in Iowa Tests of Basic Skills scores were compared between Rhode Island fourth and eighth graders, and between parochial and public school students. This final report is organized in four major sections, plus appendices. The interviewing component activities are described in the first section, and clustered under six areas: convening…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Basic Skills