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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2018
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to implement statewide assessments in mathematics and English language arts every year in third through eighth grade and once in ninth through 12th grade. The federal law also requires a science assessment once in each of three grade spans:…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, State Programs, Testing Programs, Mathematics Tests
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1983
The Michigan Educational Assessment Program presents an untimed, 100-question Social Studies Test (Form 65) for grade 7 students to assess social studies skills. This document contains the test booklet only. (PN)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1972
The 1972 assessment activities in the Massachusetts schools concentrated on the areas of citizenship and science, utilizing two seventh grade samples of 10,000 students each, with each group completing only one assessment form. The testing program utilized National Assessment Items for age 13, as well as a few items from the Measurement Research…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 7, Measurement Techniques
Wolf, Shelby A.; McIver, Monette C. – 1998
In 1990, the state of Kentucky created a new school system through the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA). While KERA mandates wide-ranging progressive reform, testing through the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) makes sure teachers get the job done. Though all Kentucky teachers are involved in writing, those at the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Finch, John M. – 1975
The Fall 1974 South Carolina Statewide Testing Program included an achievement test; the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills; the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude; and the Student Survey and Attitude Inventory (SSAI), which is the subject of this report. The SSAI was administered in November 1974 to 48,107 students. Most of South Carolina's…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Grade 7, High School Students, Questionnaires
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services.
This fourth report in the 1973-74 series presents a compilation of the scores of Michigan's fourth and seventh grade students who participated in the educational assessment. Results of the objective-referenced test data reveal that while none of the objectives was attained by all of the students, performance levels were quite high for some of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1983
In 1982 the Michigan Educational Assessment Program's Test of music learning was administered by local school staffs to fourth, seventh, and tenth graders from 36 randomly selected schools in 33 districts. Group tests were administered to 5700 students, and 500 students took individual tests. Test items were developed from objectives in the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Office of Research and Development. – 1983
This four-section report presents information on the 1982-83 Louisiana State Assessment Program. The major purpose of the program is to assess student performance in reading, writing, and mathematics. Section I discuses the scope of the 1982-83 program, provides highlights of results, and briefly considers test administration and reporting…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The learning objectives for writing skills contained in this volume are congruent with Texas law. These objectives and the measurement specifications are provided for teachers and test developers involved with the preparation of the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) tests. Beginning with the 1985-86 school year, the TEAMS…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Beginning with the 1985-86 school year, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) tests have been based on the objectives provided in this publication for teachers and test development specialists. Reading skills objectives for grade 7 include the ability to: (1) identify the main idea; (2) use context to understand the meaning of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Ahrens, Marjory; And Others – 1984
The purpose of this report is to provide the public with the results of the second Michigan Educational Assessment Program Career Development assessment of 4th, 7th, and 10th graders. The introduction provides a perspective with which to view the results. Section II explains how the assessment was conducted and how the data are organized and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Educational Assessment
Roeber, Edward D.; Brictson, Paula T. – 1978
As part of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, a sample of approximately 2,000 fourth and seventh grade students were tested in music and metric measurement. Teachers and curriculum specialists helped to develop individualized tests which could measure the attainment of objectives that could not be tested with group-administered items,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Johnson, Lynne M.; Finch, John M. – 1976
The highlights of South Carolina's Statewide Testing Program, Fall, 1975 are summarized. Chapter one provides an overview of the report including the program's historical origins and changes that have occurred over the past five years as well as a delineation of the program's major objectives. Chapter two is concerned with ways in which the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Roeber, Edward D.; And Others – 1974
In the 1973-74 Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), new objective-referenced tests measuring some of the state-level minimal mathematics and reading performance objectives were introduced. These tests and the reports of results provided classroom teachers with extensive information about the performance objectives. Tests similar to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1975
The State Summary of Results presents a compilation of the scores of Michigan's fourth and seventh grade students who participated in the educational assessment along with discussion of the possible meaning and significance of the results. It also attempts to respond to the controversy which has surrounded the assessment program since its…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
