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Download full textMaryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens understand the tasks…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 3, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment; Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Smith, Mary Lee; And Others – 1994
The 1992-93 school year marked the first year of implementation of the statewide mandate of the Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP), which revised previous legislation. Iowa Test of Basic Skills testing requirements were restricted to grades 2 and 7, and districts were allowed greater flexibility in their own testing, which had previously…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 3
Deeter, Thomas; Prine, Don – 1995
The Des Moines Public School System (Iowa) continually evaluates the process of teaching for learning. As part of this ongoing process, this report provides information to the Board of Directors and the public about the achievement of district students on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 8, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Hansen, Joe B. – 1992
The approach to assessment taken by the Colorado Springs (Colorado) Public Schools is outlined. Colorado Springs has taken a position similar to that advocated by the National Council on Educational Standards, that of multiple means of assessment applied in a dynamic and responsive manner. This approach in Colorado Springs is called Purpose Driven…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Conley, David T. – 1997
The development and use of Oregon's Proficiency-Based Admission Standards System (PASS) are described and results of some evaluations of the PASS system are presented. PASS is to be used for college entry in Oregon and is designed to promote the seamlessness of high school and college education by guaranteeing that students would have the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Bound Students
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1991
State-mandated student testing in Ohio is a combination of three different initiatives: (1) competency-based education (CBE) assessment; (2) achievement and ability testing; and (3) proficiency testing. This report describes the current testing requirements and some of the characteristics of each of these types of assessment. CBE assessment was…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 1996
The Association of State Assessment Programs, an informal association of state assessment directors, began collecting information about large-scale assessment programs in 1977. This report is a continuation of that effort that is currently conducted by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Council of Chief State School…
Descriptors: Accountability, Constructed Response, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Nelson, David E.; Lawrence, Barbara J. – 1994
The purpose and results of the state testing programs in Utah are described. At present there are seven major assessment programs conducted under the leadership of the Utah State Office of Education. These include the three components of the Core Assessment Program: Criterion-Referenced Tests and item pools, Writing Assessment, and the new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1993
This report provides background on statewide student testing and testing alternatives in Ohio. The status of achievement testing in other states is also discussed. Educational testing historically has included the two strands of intelligence testing and achievement testing. This report focuses on achievement testing. The two basic forms are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J. – 1994
This report provides a profile of state testing programs in 1992-93, as well as a view of classroom testing practices by state, school district, school, or individual teacher. Information, taken from a variety of sources, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress and a General Accounting Office study, indicates that the…
Descriptors: Ability, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment
