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Download full textSmith, Mary Lee; And Others – 1994
The 1992-93 school year marked the first year of implementation of the statewide mandate of the Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP), which revised previous legislation. Iowa Test of Basic Skills testing requirements were restricted to grades 2 and 7, and districts were allowed greater flexibility in their own testing, which had previously…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection
Bond, Linda; Roeber, Edward; Braskamp, David – 1997
This document, fourth in a series, describes trends in statewide assessment programs. It is based on surveys conducted in the past for the Association of State Assessment Programs. States were asked to describe the assessment programs they operated during the 1995-96 school year. Part One of the survey asks each state to describe its existing…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends
Roeber, Edward; Bond, Linda; Braskamp, David – 1997
The fifth edition of the "Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs," tabulates extensive and detailed information about each state's assessment programs based on surveys conducted in the past for the Association of State Assessment Programs. The entire survey is presented. Part One asks each state to describe its existing…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends
Ysseldyke, Jim; Olsen, Ken; Thurlow, Martha – 1997
This report discusses the many issues that need to be considered as states and districts begin to design and implement alternate assessments, which are used for students with severe cognitive delays or multiple disabilities or students who require such significant accommodations that the validity of the test would be compromised. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Confidentiality
Hume, Jerry – 1992
This memorandum presents the report and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Ad Hoc Committee was created by the National Assessment Governing Board in 1992 to prepare recommendations on non-mandated subjects to be assessed by the NAEP and to prepare a discussion paper…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
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
