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Download full textKahl, Stuart R. – 1992
Statewide assessment programs in mathematics that have led the way in the development and implementation of new alternative forms of assessment are described and compared. Assessments reviewed are: (1) the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP); (2) the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA); (3) Vermont's Mathematics Portfolio Assessment…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Blank, Rolf K.; Roeber, Edward – 1992
Since the authorization of the use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) through the Trial State Assessment to provide state-based data, debate over the proposed expansion of the NAEP has strengthened. To assist states in analyzing and interpreting 1990 data on eighth-grade mathematics and to assist in planning subsequent NAEP…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Grade 8
Schattgen, Sharon Ford; And Others – 1992
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education uses state-developed, criterion-referenced tests for the purpose of evaluating programs funded by Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The agency's efforts to obtain approval from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to use state norms for evaluation purposes are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1989
This document is the annual report on the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) established by legislation in 1978. In 1988, the tests and the monitoring of the instructional components were completed on time. The tests include: (1) first grade readiness; (2) tests for grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8; and (3) the Exit Examination required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
National Academy of Education, Stanford, CA. – 1992
This document presents 10 papers concerning the 1990 Trial State Assessment, which was restricted to the eighth-grade public school population in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 U.S. territories. The following are the papers: (1) "A Critique of Sampling in the 1990 Trial State Assessment" (Bruce D. Spencer); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Eligibility
Koretz, Daniel – 1994
Since 1988 the Vermont Department of Education has been developing an innovative statewide performance assessment program. In 1990, the RAND Corporation began evaluating the Vermont assessment program, focusing specifically on the portfolio component of its assessment system. This report presents results from the evaluation in the 1992-93 school…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Mathematics Tests
Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J. – 1994
This report provides a profile of state testing programs in 1992-93, as well as a view of classroom testing practices by state, school district, school, or individual teacher. Information, taken from a variety of sources, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress and a General Accounting Office study, indicates that the…
Descriptors: Ability, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment
