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Dings, Jonathan; Gong, Brian; Kingston, Neal – 1995
This technical manual provides all major existing information about the technical characteristics of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). The assessment component of the Kentucky Education Reform Act Accountability System was in use between 1991-92 and 1993-94 and was referred to as Cycle One. Two sets of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Dings, Jonathan – 1997
This technical manual provides information about the technical characteristics of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS), the assessment component of the Kentucky Education Reform Act Accountability System. The time period covered is Accountability Cycle 2, which spanned the school years 1992-93 through 1995-96. Sections of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Meredith, Vana H.; And Others – 1983
The primary purpose of the 1983 Statewide Testing Program was to assess the achievement of 4th, 7th, and 10th grade students in South Carolina public schools. The results from the Statewide Testing Program provide educators with information which facilitates the decision-making process at the State, district, and school levels. Besides the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Download full textManise, Jennifer; Blank, Rolf K.; Pewett, Cynthia; Potts, Abigail; Williams, Andra – 2002
This report is designed to provide consistent reliable indicators to allow analysis of educational trends in each state over time and to provide high quality data to provide comparable information from state to state. The accessible indicator formats are designed for increased uses by a variety of audiences. The report contains two-page profiles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Demography
Korcheck, Stephanie A. – 1988
The statewide student assessment programs of the 15 member states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in the 1987-88 school year are described. Individual summaries of the testing programs provide information on the types of tests used in the SREB states--Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Teachers
Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests
National Academy of Education, Stanford, CA. – 1993
The National Academy of Education Panel is providing the intellectual leadership and coordination for an independent evaluation of the 1990 and 1992 Trial State Assessments (TSA) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). These instruments provide state-by-state comparisons of educational achievement, which is the first such use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
