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Download full textLiu, Kristin K.; Anderson, Michael E.; Swierzbin, Bonnie; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1999
This report shares the initial Phase 1 results from a quantitative and qualitative study examining the feasibility and desirability of offering Minnesota students with limited English proficiency (LEP) a reading test with bilingual test items and answer choices. In considering the use of a native language translation accommodation to the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Educational Assessment, Language Minorities
Peer reviewedGamse, Beth C.; Jacob, Robin Tepper; Horst, Megan; Boulay, Beth; Unlu, Fatih – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2008
This report presents findings from the third and final year of the Reading First Impact Study (RFIS), a congressionally mandated evaluation of the federal government's initiative to help all children read at or above grade level by the end of third grade. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 established Reading First (RF) and mandated its…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Regression (Statistics), State Programs
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1988
The objectives and assessment characteristics of the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests for grade 1 are given to show teachers the range of content and type of questions. In mathematics, objectives are defined in areas of: (1) concept identification, recognition of the names and relationships between numbers; (2) component operations, use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students
1985
The objectives and assessment characteristics of the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests of reading and mathematics for grade 2 are given to familiarize teachers and curriculum directors. In mathematics, objectives are defined for: (1) concept identification, testing understanding of the basic vocabulary and relationships of numbers; (2) component…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationGeorgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1986
The objectives and assessment characteristics of the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests for grade 3 are defined for reading and mathematics. Mathematics objectives are given for: (1) concept identification, the recognition of names, relations, and properties of numbers and units; (2) component operations, using numbers and unit of measurement; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationGeorgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1983
The reading and mathematics objectives of the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests for Grade 4 are described. In reading, objectives are defined for: (1) literal comprehension, the understanding of information explicitly stated in the materials; (2) inferential comprehension, the understanding of information not literally expressed; and (3) problem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1982
The Reading Test for New York State Elementary Schools is designed to determine the most difficult prose text a student can read with comprehension. Test uses described include evaluating the student's current level of achievement; determining reading difficulty levels for instruction; measuring growth of comprehension; determining statewide…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Latent Trait Theory
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1987
Reading and mathematics objectives measured by the eighth grade tests of the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests are described. This guide was designed to familiarize the teacher with assessment characteristics for each objective. Objectives in concept identification, component operations, and problem solving are defined for mathematics. All…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1982
The New York Regents Competency Testing Program has been designed to assure that all students develop adequate skills in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics before graduation from high school. In this booklet, information is provided on two elements of the Regents Competency Testing Program: diploma standards and screening tests.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Handicap Identification
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
The New York State Preliminary Competency Test in Reading is designed to measure a student's ability to understand written material of varying levels of difficulty. Results are used to evaluate a student's current level of achievement in reading and to indicate the extent of compensatory or remedial help which may be necessary to pass the final…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
PDF pending restorationMaryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1992
The Maryland School Performance Program released six sample tasks to illustrate the types of assessment tasks that would appear on the 1992 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). Students' responses to these tasks are open-ended; that is, students generate their own responses. A wide range of responses to each task is acceptable.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade 5
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
The New York State Regents Competency Testing Program is described. Competency tests have been developed in the basic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics, for two purposes: (1) to identify those students who need remedial help; and (2) to assure that students receiving high school diplomas have acquired adequate competence in these areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 2001
One component of the Reading Plan for Michigan is to develop and implement methods of assessing children's progress in acquiring early literacy skills and of communicating their status and progress to other teachers and parents. This document presents an assessment and instructional system, the Michigan Literacy Progress Profile 2001 (MLPP 2001),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Letters (Alphabet)
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
The administrators' and teachers' manual for the New York State Preliminary Competency Test in Reading provides information on the student population to be tested; the degrees of reading power (DRP) methodology to measure students' reading comprehension; the test content; and the state reference point, a cutoff score expressed in terms of…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
