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Assembly Education Committee Report on the New Jersey Skills Testing Program Pursuant to AR-113.

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Rocco, John A.; And Others – 1993

The New Jersey Assembly Education Committee studied the development and administration of the New Jersey Department of Education's skills testing program. A committee meeting received testimony about the program and reviewed correspondence. The committee has found that the academic standards of the state must be raised and that a high school…

Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness

Committee Meeting of Assembly Education Committee "To Receive Testimony from the Commissioner of Education, Mary Lee Fitzgerald, Department Staff, and Others Concerning the Department's Skills Testing Program, Including the Early Warning Test and High School Proficiency Test, Pursuant to Assembly Resolution No. 113."

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New Jersey State Office of Legislative Services, Trenton. Assembly Education Committee. – 1993

The Assembly Education Committee of the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services held a hearing pursuant to Assembly Resolution 113, a proposal directing the Committee to investigate the skills testing program developed and administered to New Jersey children by the State Department of Education. The Committee was interested in the eighth-grade…

Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness

Tests and Procedures for Basic Skills Remediation: A Handbook of Practices. Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program.

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Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989

The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides