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Download full textAschbacher, Pamela; Herman, Joan – 1991
To understand how assessment, particularly alternative assessment, and practice interactions may differ among schools with different implementation contexts and different school cultures, this project is studying over time a set of schools representing different state and local policy contexts and including different student populations. Research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Rosen, Seymour M. – 1982
This study on secondary education in the Soviet Union examines characteristics of the various kinds of secondary schools--general secondary education, secondary education, secondary specialized education, and vocational education--and aspects of the Soviet examination system. The first section on general secondary education provides information…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Course Content, Curriculum
Butler, E. Dean – 1988
The process of development of tests for teacher certification in Tennessee is described. In response to the Tennessee Comprehensive Education Reform Act of 1984 requiring the use of tests for individuals seeking initial teacher licensure, the Department of Education identified 12 areas of teacher endorsement for which no currently validated and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Item Banks
Goodison, Marlene – 1985
The Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST), was developed at Educational Testing Service at the request of the National Teachers Examination Policy Council. The battery of three tests is designed to provide objective, standardized measures of basic proficiency in reading, mathematics, and writing. The steps in the test development process of this…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Criterion Referenced Tests
Hater, John J. – 1992
Work Keys (occupational tests developed by American College Testing) could support an employer's human resource function in a number of ways: (1) communicating to educators the skill requirements for an employer's particular jobs on a national basis; (2) providing students with a realistic preview of skills needed for jobs and an assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Construct Validity, Content Validity
Dossey, John A.; And Others – 1993
In the 1992 mathematics assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), approximately one-third of the questions and about half of the student response time were devoted to questions asking students to construct their own responses. Regular constructed response items required a short answer with a problem solution, while…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Eberhardt, Clifford – 1992
Assistance offered by the State Department of Education to school districts in Oregon to help them identify aspects of student achievement under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (Hawkins Stafford Amendments of 1988) is discussed. Two hundred ninety-five of the 297 Oregon public school districts have Chapter 1 programs,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment
Nelson, David E.; Lawrence, Barbara J. – 1994
The purpose and results of the state testing programs in Utah are described. At present there are seven major assessment programs conducted under the leadership of the Utah State Office of Education. These include the three components of the Core Assessment Program: Criterion-Referenced Tests and item pools, Writing Assessment, and the new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Ballator, Nada – 1996
This guide to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) describes its purpose, contents, uses, and research methodology by presenting 21 questions about the NAEP program. The NAEP is mandated by Congress to survey the educational accomplishments of U.S. students and to monitor changes in these accomplishments. It tracks the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1989
This summary for administrators describes the Cultural Literacy Test, which is designed to help monitor students' progress in attaining essential general knowledge and to serve as a rational means for assessing education in one of its most important dimensions: the achievement of functional literacy. Summary topics include test development,…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Educational Assessment, Functional Literacy, Grade 11
Wasney, Trudy D. – 1993
The Milepost Testing Program of the Los Angeles Unified School District (California) is described. The district's Ten Schools Program was designed as an intervention to raise student achievement in 10 historically low-achieving inner-city schools, with a minimum 60-percent African American population. The Milepost Testing Program was conceived of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Educational Assessment
McCune, Allen – 1986
The Halstead/Bentley Public School District in south-central Kansas has a long, successful history of administering a comprehensive evaluation program of achievement, scholastic aptitude, and interest tests and inventories in grades K-12. The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Planning, College Entrance Examinations
Kang, Gyenam Kim; Lee, Yeounwoo – 1994
The Korean Society for Educational Evaluation is described, and the national college entrance examination used in Korea is discussed. The Korean Society for Educational Evaluation exists to promote exchange of academic information among members on measurement, statistics, research methodologies, and evaluation. The Society publishes a journal and…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Admission (School), Centralization
Riverside Publishing Co., Chicago. IL. – 1990
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), here summarized for administrators, are intended to provide information about the skills development of individual students and about relative strengths and weaknesses of the instructional program. The ITBS represents the first comprehensive elementary school and secondary school statewide testing program in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Koretz, Daniel – 1992
Since 1988, Vermont has been developing a state assessment program, the centerpiece of which is the student portfolio and "best pieces" drawn from it. The state's use of portfolio results will be limited to reporting aggregates, but within schools, teachers and principals may use the portfolios as they choose. The assessment program,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 8
