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Download full textBush, Joan – 1997
Title XI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 allows the Dallas (Texas) public schools to redirect up to 5% of each appropriation received through the Act for the purpose of providing a comprehensive approach to meeting the educational, health, social service, and other needs of…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Health Services
Deeter, Thomas; Wilson, Morris – 1993
In their effort to provide quality programing for their diverse student body, the Des Moines Public Schools continually evaluate their teaching and student outcomes. This report presents results about student performance on the following tests: (1) Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS); (2) Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED); (3) American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Curriculum, Educational Assessment
Joireman, Jeff; Abbott, Martin L. – 2001
This report examines the overlap between student test results on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). The two tests were compared and contrasted in terms of content and measurement philosophy, and analyses studied the statistical relationship between the ITBS and the WASL. The ITBS assesses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
PDF pending restorationOklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1999
This report contains state and school district student testing results for the Oklahoma Testing Program for the 1998-99 school year. Several benchmarks are reported, including the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT), and American College Test Assessment (ACT) results. The National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking, Elementary Secondary Education
New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. Assessment and Evaluation Unit. – 1995
Results from the component tests of the New Mexico Statewide Articulated Assessment System, an elementary-level assessment, are presented. The New Mexico Achievement Assessment, uses the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills to assess the achievement of students in grades 3, 5 and 8. Score increases were seen for students in grade 3 in mathematics, in grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1976
This report provides descriptive information for public officials and the general public about Maryland's public schools. It is the second report required by the Maryland Educational Accountability Act. This second report contains information about: the implementation of the Maryland Accountability Program on the State and local school system…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Schnelker, Diane; And Others – 1986
A three-year study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the Transitional School Model in the Des Moines, Iowa, Independent Community School District. The model was designed to provide early adolescents in grades 6-8 with a more comprehensive bridge between elementary school and high school by emphasizing students' physical, emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Turner, W. E.; Riley, Gerald – 1984
Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 programs were conducted in 29 elementary schools in the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools during the 1983-1984 school year. Major programs were corrective reading, mathematics, and prekindergarten. Smaller programs for children in neglected and delinquent institutions were conducted. A reduced…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Corrective Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mathews, Walter M. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to design, produce, and evaluate testing reports that would be useful and meaningful at the classroom level: reports that would be useful to teachers and informative to parents, without making time demands on teachers in either preparation of the reports or in inservice training in educational measurement. The Iowa…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4
Tyler, Doris – 2001
In the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) is administered to all third grade students each year. The ITBS, which is one of the assessments used as a screening tool for the Academically Gifted Program, was given to approximately 7,700 third graders in 2000. The ITBS can be given as a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Witt, Elizabeth A.; And Others – 1990
Recent trends in achievement test scores among elementary and secondary school students in Iowa are examined. Form 7 of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) was used to measure the achievement of students in grades 3 and 7; and Form X-7 of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) was used for 11th graders. These grade levels were chosen…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Elementary School Students
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1982
The Maryland Accountability Program Annual Report has been developed as a reference document on test data for the public. It provides a survey both of test results and of the progress being made by students attending Maryland public schools in grades 3, 5, and 8. The 1980-81 report is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 defines educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
Peer reviewedWaltman, Kristie K. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1997
A socially moderated link was established between statewide achievement results and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) by using the same achievement level descriptions in an Iowa Test of Basic Skills standard-setting and an NAEP standard setting study. A statistically moderated link was established through an equipercentile…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Equated Scores, National Surveys
1991
The Chicago (Illinois) School Reform Act of 1988 (Public Act 85-1418) established the performance of students on a nationally normed, standardized test as a key measure of success. In the Chicago Public Schools, the tests used are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the elementary grades and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Hutcheson, Larry D.; Schabacker, William H. – 1974
Each year all Georgia children and youth in the fourth, eighth and eleventh grades are tested; the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is used in the fourth and eighth grades, the Tests of Academic Progress in the eleventh grade. Test scores which provide a wealth of information, may be used as a tool for the teacher, principal, curriculum specialist or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
