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Direct linkAnakaren Lopez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study investigates the impact of the rapid transition from paper-based to online administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams on student performance in a South Texas school district. The transition, mandated by House Bill 3261, presented Texas public schools with a tight timeline for adapting…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Testing, Scores
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Download full textDasher, Holly; Pilgrim, Jodi – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2022
Schools around the nation are increasingly offering online testing options. House Bill (HB) 3906, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019, resulted in the STAAR redesign, which will be administered in the 2022--2023 school year. The STAAR redesign includes several components including an online test administration for the STAAR. With the…
Descriptors: Test Format, Reading Tests, School Districts, Achievement Tests
Godsay, Surbhi; Henderson, Whitney; Levine, Peter; Littenberg-Tobias, Josh – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2012
This fact sheet summarizes state requirements related to civic education, which means learning about citizenship, government, law, current events, and related topics. Civic education is most directly addressed in courses labeled "civics," "government," or "U.S. government." Social studies is a broader category that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, United States Government (Course), United States History
Beattie, Susan; And Others – 1982
The effects of physical modifications of the minimum competency test on the performance of third grade learning disabled (LD) students (n=345) on versions of a Florida state minimum competency test are evaluated. The test modifications included alterations in line length, groupings of items, answer formats, administration procedures, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Learning Disabilities, Minimum Competency Testing
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1997
Discussing the established legislation and background behind the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, this document outlines reading test specifications for third and fifth grade. It gives specifications for grades three and five on Reading Passages, Readability, Test Conditions, and Test Forms. Two sections are devoted to details for each grade…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Stansfield, Charles W.; Kahl, Stuart R. – 1998
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is the new Massachusetts state assessment program that is being implemented in response to state education reform legislation. The paper describes the early efforts of the state Department of Education (MDOE), its prime contractor for development of the MCAS (Advanced Systems in Measurement…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
