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Torgeson, Joseph K. – American Educator, 1998
Provides practical advice about methods to prevent reading failure that are grounded in new research about reading. The focus is on identifying children who need extra help before they experience reading failure and identify those who may need extra help as they progress through elementary school. Some commonly used diagnostic measures are…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Identification
Download full textSchwartz, Wendy – 1995
This guide helps parents understand how schools assess their child's English language ability and suggests ways for them to help schools place their children in the most useful language program. All districts must decide which students to test, and then how to test them. Some schools attempt to find out the English skills of all students, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Schwartz, Wendy – 1996
This guide helps parents understand how schools assess their child's English language ability and suggests ways for them to help schools place their children in the most useful language program. All districts must decide which students to test, and then how to test them. Some schools attempt to find out the English skills of all students, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Rangel, Rich; Bansberg, Bill – 1998
This classroom assessment tool offers teachers a method to identify academic needs across the curriculum for migrant, language-different, and mobile students. The primary strategy of this assessment system is to identify the knowledge and skill levels of these students in core curriculum areas. The snapshot assessment is a low-stakes, informal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment
Rangel, Richard; Bansberg, Bill – 1996
The classroom assessment tool described in this manual offers teachers a method to identify academic needs across the curriculum for migrant, language minority, and mobile students. The primary strategy of this assessment system is to identify the knowledge and skill levels of these students in core curriculum areas. The tests, for grades 1…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
