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Download full textCostello, Ronald W.; Chapin, Daniel W. – 2000
This paper describes the approaches taken at a middle school to improve student problem solving ability and test results for the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) mathematics tests. The focus was on grade 6. In 1996, 35% of the 437 students in grade 6 did not master the mathematics problem solving skill. A committee of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Tests, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability. – 2002
This report contains aggregate and disaggregated state-level results from administrations of North Carolina's computer skills tests (performance and multiple choice) in 2000-2001. The report also provides limited information about the performance of school districts and charter schools. Additional data are included in this report about the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Mayer, Daniel P. – 1997
As almost every state attempts to reform mathematics instruction by implementing new teaching standards, state testing practices remain largely unchanged. Is there a mismatch between these new standards and the old tests? This question is investigated by examining whether middle school and high school algebra students taught in a manner consistent…
Descriptors: Algebra, Educational Change, High School Students, High Schools
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 8, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state' s total eighth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 8
McMillan, James H. – 1995
The instructional strategies teachers and other school personnel have used in the successful remediation of students who have failed reading and writing portions of the Virginia Literacy Passport Test (LPT) or the LPT Predictor Test were studied. The intent was to determine if specific approaches seem to work best for different types of students…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1998
This report provides information on student performance at the state, regional, and school system levels for students in the classes of 1998-2002 for 117 public school systems and 35 charter schools. The class of 1998 was the first North Carolina class required by the State Board of Education to meet a higher competency standard in the areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Ethnicity, High School Graduates
