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Download full textSouthern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1985
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states were invited in June 1984 to participate in a project with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to assess the reading achievement of eleventh grade students. Florida, Tennessee and Virginia accepted and worked with SREB and NAEP staff to develop and administer the testing program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Cooperative Programs, Educational Assessment
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Dossey, John A.; Owen, Eugene H.; Phillips, Gary W. – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card," is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement across time. Part 1 of this report consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 national…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Dossey, John A.; Owen, Eugene H.; Phillips, Gary W. – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card," is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement across time. Part 1 of this report consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1991
Eleven tables and five graphs present statistical data concerning the Tests of General Educational Development Program (GED Testing Program) in 1990. Data for each state and Canadian province are included. The tables present data on the following topics: testing volumes (i.e., number of people tested), percentage of people tested by age group,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Annual Reports, Educational Trends
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1991
This report provides information about the performance of 1991 graduating seniors nationwide who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program Assessment as juniors or seniors. All the average scores in this report are on the scale for the Enhanced ACT Assessment, which was introduced in October 1989. Averages for 1987-89 are based on scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation, Educational Trends
Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1985
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) was contracted by the National Center for Education Statistics to investigate changes in tested achievement using cross-sectional comparisons between the 1972 National Longitudinal Study (NLS) seniors and the 1980 High School and Beyond (HSB) senior cohort. The ETS is also responsible for estimating the extent…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Ethnicity
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1992
Since 1989, the Texas Education Agency has reported selected results from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT) Program's original and Enhanced ACT Assessment for prior year graduating seniors. This fourth annual report presents data for the 1990-91 graduating class. Score data from these examinations are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1991
Statistics in this report reflect characteristics of 1991 graduates from a given school (individual data, however, are not provided in this sample) who took the American College Testing (ACT) Program assessment. A 5-year trend history of college-bound students is provided. The following tables are presented: (1) average ACT scores by academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Melchior, Alan – 1998
This document reports on the conduct and findings of a 3-year evaluation of the 1995-96 school year of the Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based Programs, which were initiated to support school and community-based efforts to involve school-aged youth in community service. Well-designed, school-based service-learning programs have a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
