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Southeastern Public Education Program, Columbia, SC. – 1983
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP), a testing program, presents information to determine how successfully children in individual school districts are achieving the minimum basic skills required by South Carolina law. Each year BSAP tests are given to children entering the first grade and to children in grades 1, 2, 3, 6, 8,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Mathematics Skills
Download full textMangino, Evangelina; Babcock, Marilyn A. – 1986
A study was designed to assess the effects of the introduction of a state-mandated minimum competency test (MCT) on students' acquisition of basic and high-level mathematics skills. Subjects of the study were ninth-grade students, all of whom attended the same schools in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District, and took the same form of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Grade 9
PDF pending restorationPeach, Larry; Reddick, Thomas – 1983
A questionnaire was developed to assess high school principals' attitudes regarding the Tennessee Proficiency Test. The questionnaires were distributed statewide to the 147 public high school principals; 121 principals responded. Questionnaire items dealt with issues such as policy statements, remedial activities, graduation requirements, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Legislation, Graduation Requirements
Matter, M. Kevin; Ligon, Glynn – 1984
This paper describes the development of the Basic Educational Skills Test (BEST) in the Austin Independent School District. In 1982 future options for the AISD minimum competency program, which requires all students to meet minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics before graduation, were evaluated against legal and local criteria. It…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in mathematics, this teaching and testing guide provides a summary of the skills that should be considered instructionally and how each objective is tested. Information is included on state objectives for mathematics teachers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Development
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in mathematics, this teaching and testing guide provides a summary of the skills that should be considered instructionally and how each objective is tested. Information is included on state objectives for mathematics teachers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Development
Hills, John R.; King, F. J. – 1978
The 1977 edition of the Florida Functional Literacy Test is a 117-item multiple-choice measure of 13 mathematics and 11 communication skills required for minimal acceptable performance for students to graduate from state high schools. A student must pass at least half of the skills in mathematics and communications and get 70 percent of the items…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Functional Literacy, Graduation Requirements
Mappus, L. Lynne; And Others – 1981
Designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with assessment of the state objectives in mathematics, this teaching and testing guide provides a summary of the skills that should be considered instructionally and how each objective is tested. Information is included on state objectives for mathematics teachers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Instructional Development, Instructional Improvement
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The mathematics learning objectives contained in this volume and the measurement specifications are congruent with Texas law. These objectives 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 tests will…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 7
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1982
The Student Assessment and Minimum Student Performance Standards Sections of the Florida Department of Education present the results of the April and October 1981 administrations of the State Student Assessment Test, Parts I (basic skills) and II (application of basic skills). Grades 3, 5, 8 and 11 were measured on minimal performance in the basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The learning objectives and the measurement specifications cited in this document are congruent with the Texas State Board of Education Rules for Curriculum. The objectives are provided for teachers and for test developers involved with the preparation of the Texas Educational Assessment of Mimimum Skills (TEAMS) tests. As of 1985-86 academic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics
California State Univ. and Colleges, Los Angeles. Office of the Chancellor. – 1984
In May 1983 the California State University (CSU) introduced the Entry-Level Mathematics (ELM) examination as part of its basic skills assessment process for first-time freshmen and undergraduate transfers. The exam is intended to provide students and counselors with information on the levels of mathematical competency possessed by entering…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Degree Requirements, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods
Smith-Moore, Cathy; Bowden, Barbara – 1983
The Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE) was given to eleventh graders for the first time in October 1983. In April, 1983, an instructional validity survey was conducted concurrently with the piloting of the AHSGE to determine if seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students were being taught the skills tested on the AHSGE.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, Language Arts, Mathematics Skills
Johnson, Carl I. – 1986
This booklet describes the test development process used to upgrade New Jersey's basic skills competency test, the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT). Ninth-grade students in New Jersey public schools must pass this test of reading, writing, and mathematics skills in order to receive a state endorsed high school diploma. Test development…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, High Schools
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
The present study is one example of how statewide minimum competency testing programs can be used to examine minority student achievement trends. The results of 3 years of Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) test administration (1980-82) were examined for Black, Hispanic, and White students. The results were expected to be consistent with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Criterion Referenced Tests
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