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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
The present study is one example of how statewide minimum competency testing programs can be used to examine minority student achievement trends. The results of 3 years of Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) test administration (1980-82) were examined for Black, Hispanic, and White students. The results were expected to be consistent with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Criterion Referenced Tests
Download full textMangino, Evangelina; And Others – 1984
Results are summarized for the Austin, Texas, Independent School District (AISD) achievement testing program during the 1984-85 year. The data are presented to compare AISD results to national and urban averages. The performance of AISD students on other tests is presented, as well as two-year and six-year trends. Both percentile and grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations
Noble, Christopher S.; And Others – 1986
The relationship between item omission and item position on criterion-referenced tests in the Texas state assessment program is examined. Item statistics from the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) and Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) mathematics and reading tests from 1983 through 1985 are examined for three ethnic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Criterion Referenced Tests, Ethnic Groups
