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Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin; Erickson, Ronald; Spicuzza, Richard; El Sawaf, Hamdy – 1996
In order to investigate the types of testing accommodations allowed for students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) on exams used to determine whether a student earns a diploma, a study examined 18 states' written accommodations guidelines and testing policies. Each of the 18 states studied used a different test for its graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN. – 1990
The organization, scope, and activities of the Indiana Occupational Competency Testing Center were expanded to accommodate the requirements of the new Occupational Specialist Certificate for secondary vocational teacher credentialling. A pilot project involved three regional sites in the state. The director of the host area site acted as area…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Job Performance
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1987
In preparation for the mandatory administration of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) that was to begin with ninth graders in 1986, a pilot program was conducted with ninth graders who had done poorly on the HSPT during its second, nonmandatory administration in 1985. Approximately 125 students were selected (25 in each of five…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
Belcher, Marcia – 1985
A study of fall 1984 College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) examinees was undertaken at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to examine the interrelationships among CLAST scores, the number of English courses taken, grades received, and basic skills in reading and writing prior to completion of the required English sequence. The study revealed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Community Colleges
Bowman, Harry L.; And Others – 1989
Memphis State University conducted a study for the Tennessee Department of Education to determine the validity of 11 previously unvalidated, extensively revised, or new Educational Testing Service (ETS) tests as measures of the skills and knowledge required for specific initial certification endorsements of public school personnel in Tennessee.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
The New Jersey Basic Skills Assessment Program was created to determine the status of basic skills preparedness of freshmen entering public colleges and universities and to offer data to help colleges place freshman students in appropriate courses. The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is a 3-hour-and-20-minute examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Tyler, Ralph W.; And Others – 1978
The panel which conducted this study was invited by the Florida Teaching Profession--National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA to assess the educational soundness of implementation of the Florida Accountability Act. The panel felt that the overall purpose of the accountability program was praiseworthy, but that the minimum competency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Indiana Association of Area Vocational Districts, Inc., Speedway. – 1990
An Indiana project developed a model diagnostic basic skills testing program with statewide application for teachers certified under the Occupational Specialist Rules. Fifteen commercially produced tests were reviewed for adoption. The set of criteria that guided the selection process included technical aspects and application factors. The TABE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Diagnostic Tests, Field Tests
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. Div. of Education Services. – 1985
The Kansas Minimum Competency Tests (KMCT) were designed to provide information about student performance on selected minimum competencies in reading and mathematics. The KMCT were criterion referenced tests in which each item was keyed to a minimum competency objective; student performance was measured against a predetermined standard. The tests…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Capie, William; Cronin, Linda – 1986
This paper assesses the credibility of a single total instrument score and various logical sub-scores derived from a series of summative judgments about the quality of teaching performance. The objectives were to compare the generalizability of alternative Teacher Performance Assessment Instrument (TPAI) scores, to compare the dependability of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1978
The results are reported of the North Carolina Competency Testing Program. The Senior High Assessment of Reading Performance (SHARP) and the Test of Performance in Computational Skills (TOPICS), modified for the North Carolina program, have been administered to eleventh-grade students in public, nonpublic, federal, and special schools. Both tests…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1979
A project set out to develop and test adult performance level (APL) materials for pre-vocational programs to enable adults to develop those skills needed to seek and retain employment. Addressing the APL area of occupational knowledge only, methodology focused on (1) joint planning in material development and testing; (2) extensive training in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Gonzalez-Tamayo, Eulogio – 1991
Test scores on the Test of Basic Concepts, a school readiness test, were compared with actual performance in school for 186 low-scoring and 133 high-scoring groups of first graders from Spain at the beginning of the school year to explore the issues of competence testing and prediction of performance. The measure of school performance was derived…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary School Students
Bostic, Jeff Q.; And Others – 1987
The public schools reform movement has led to a proliferation of minimum competency testing programs by states. At the 11th/12th grade level, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), mandated by Texas House Bill 72, is an exit exam, divided into two sections which measure minimum competencies in math and language skills.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Information Center on Education. – 1987
This report provides a statistical summary for data included in the October 1987 Comprehensive Assessment Reports and of the results of the spring 1987 administration of the Pupil Evaluation Program (PEP) tests for New York State. The data for the 1986-87 school year in this report will enable school administrators to compare test results for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Business Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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