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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
Bigelow, Robert A. – 1986
The Delaware Educational Assessment Program publishes annual results from the California Test of Basic Skills by district, school, and grade (1 through 8 and 11). A statewide computer information system was developed to manage the testing program, the massive 10-year longitudinal database, and the information requests received. The Delaware…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Assessment
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effectiveness of English placement examinations used at five junior colleges in California; (2) the direction and distance of context required by college…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Assessment
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1987
This annual report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1987 is divided into a narrative section and a statistical section. The narrative sections begin with a general progress report by the South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, followed by analogous reports by the Special Assistant for Legal and Legislative Affairs and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Administration
Stake, Robert E., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Ten brief case studies illustrate the types of arrangements which have been made between commissions and evaluators, and describe some of the subsequent problems. Each of the cases is a major evaluative study of a large-scale educational development or school operation. For the collection as a whole, the purpose was to illustrate how the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Gonzalez, Juan C.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1981
A study examined the processes used by the Illinois Department of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education in evaluating vocational education programs and services aimed at limited English proficiency (LEP) students in Illinois. Data collection procedures used in the study included the following: (1) participant observation, document analysis,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Assessment
Rice, Eric; Etheridge, Rose – 1977
A study was conducted to identify, develop, and evaluate alternative strategies which vocational educators could employ with students, teachers, and/or administrators to eliminate and prevent the restrictive influences of sex stereotyping and sex bias on the interests, attitudes, occupational expectations, and training offered to secondary school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Curriculum Development
Rice, Eric; Etheridge, Rose – 1977
A study was conducted to identify, develop, and evaluate alternative strategies which vocational educators could employ with students, teachers, and/or administrators to eliminate and prevent the restrictive influences of sex stereotyping and sex bias on the interests, attitudes, occupational expectations, and training offered to secondary school…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Curriculum Development
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1976
The purpose of this report is to fulfill the statutory requirement (Public Act 294, 1974) that the Michigan State Department of Education "make an annual report relative to bilingual instruction programs to the legislature and the governor." The report is designed to present the information necessary to understand the 1975-76 status of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students
Schrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
Hayden, Rose L. – 1976
The response of the American public education system to the challenge of preparing citizens to respond intelligently to global challenges and opportunities is inadequate. State education agencies should be actively providing adequate experiences in international/intercultural education. However, according to a 1969 survey by the Education…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
PDF pending restorationCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
During the 1974-75 school year, all second and third grade pupils in California were tested in reading achievement, and all pupils in grades 6 and 12 were tested in the basic skills of reading, written expression, and mathematics. The Reading Test: Second and Third Grades was the instrument used to assess reading achievement; it was developed…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis
Quest, Carol; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – 1997
This report describes the findings of 10 focus group meetings that discussed issues related to the performance of students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) on Minnesota's Basic Standards Exams. Ten groups were formed, with one group of parents and one of students representing each of the following language communities: Cambodian, Hmong, Lao,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment
Williams, Andra; Blank, Rolf K.; Toye, Carla; Petermann, Adam – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2007
This paper is the eighth in a series of reports designed to provide (1) consistent, reliable indicators to allow analysis of trends for each state over time, (2) high data quality for comparability from state to state, and (3) accessible indicator formats aimed toward facilitating use by a variety of audiences. Since its inception, the report has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Indicators, Profiles
