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Download full textNew York State Education Department, 2024
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 6 and 7 English Language…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Format, Language Arts, English Instruction
New York State Education Department, 2023
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the online delivery of the 2023 Elementary-Level (Grade 5) and Intermediate-Level (Grade 8) Science Computer-Based Field Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Middle School Students
New York State Education Department, 2022
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the online delivery of the 2022 Elementary-Level (Grade 5) and Intermediate-Level (Grade 8) Science Computer-Based Field Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Middle School Students
New York State Education Department, 2020
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
New York State Education Department, 2020
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Language Arts, Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
New York State Education Department, 2020
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, English Instruction, Language Arts, Language Tests
New York State Education Department, 2020
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with Questar Assessment Inc. (Questar) for the development of the 2020 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2020…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, English
Direct linkFuhrken, Charles – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Tests require a special kind of savvy, a kind of critical thinking and knowledge application that is not always a part of classroom reading experiences. Who better to teach you how to prepare your students for reading tests than someone who has written them? Charles Fuhrken has spent years working with several major testing companies and…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Reading Tests, Testing, Standardized Tests
Pearson, P. David; Dunning, David – Illinois Reading Council Journal, 1985
Schemes for assessing reading achievement with specific tests have been in use since early in this century. The two driving forces behind the testing movement--scientific objectivity and compulsory education--blossomed in the 1920s and 1930s and continued substantially unchanged through most of the 1960s. In the early 1970s, the idea of mastery…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1995
This manual contains directions for the teacher and oral directions to be read to students taking the practice tests of the Ohio Proficiency Tests for grade 6. Directions are ordered in the sequence of the sections in the Practice Test booklet (writing, reading, mathematics, citizenship, and science), and they are similar, but not identical, to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Citizenship, Elementary School Students
Terdy, Dennis; And Others – 1982
Intended for adult education English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators, this guide provides information for identifying appropriate testing instruments and integrating them into an overall testing and assessment program. Chapter 1 focuses on testing procedures and covers organization of the testing program, test selection,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, English (Second Language)
Hall, William; Saunders, John – 1993
This booklet has been written to help persons interested in assessment of education and training programs in general and competency-based vocational education programs in particular. The following topics are covered in the individual sections: the meaning of the term "assessment"; the importance of assessment; curriculum models; percentages and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Educational Planning and Support. – 1984
This handbook was designed for use in conjunction with an ongoing program in the New York (New York) Public Schools to improve students' test-taking skills. Directed towards third grade teachers and their supervisors, this guide has been developed for implementation as an integral part of the school's ongoing instruction in communication arts and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Elementary School Curriculum
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Educational Planning and Support. – 1985
This handbook was designed for use in conjunction with an ongoing program in the New York (New York) public schools to improve students' test-taking skills. Directed towards sixth grade teachers and their supervisors, this guide has been developed for implementation as an integral part of the school's ongoing instruction in communication arts and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Elementary School Curriculum
Nelson, Jacqueline – 1986
Inclusion of oral exams as a regular part of the school-based testing program has the advantages of providing motivation to learn oral skills, oral testing experience, additional opportunities for students to perform well, and improved relationships with students. However, logistical problems can be substantial. Adequate time for and efficient…
Descriptors: Examiners, Interviews, Language Tests, Learning Motivation
