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Direct linkAlexander, Ben; Owen, Sean; Thames, Cliff B. – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2020
Purpose: This study, a post hoc observational one, attempted to determine if career and technical education (CTE) students in the state of Mississippi would academically benefit from taking multiple formative assessments in an online format prior to completing their summative exams. Most CTE students in the state of Mississippi are required to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Vocational Education
Zurbrick, Phillip R. – Agricultural Education, 1976
Discusses a project demonstrating that standardized tests can be developed in vocational agriculture under certain conditions to serve a wide geographical area and a diversified agriculture. (HD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Program Development
Download full textVan Patten, James J. – 2002
High stakes testing is associated with controversy and dialogue in this era of calls for accountability on the part of educators, and the controversy has been strengthened by the national testing plans included in the Leave No Child Behind Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001). A look at the literature on high stakes testing and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, Court Litigation
Love-Wilkes, Rebecca; Cummings, Ronda – 1993
This report on competency testing in vocational and technical education is a follow-up to previous reports published in 1988 and 1990. Section 1 summarizes the data. It describes competency testing in the 13 states that currently mandate competency testing and identifies the 11 states in which voluntary testing is occurring, the 9 states either…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, National Surveys
Hines, Constance V.; And Others – 1981
A study examined the construct validity of six vocational achievement tests used in the Ohio Vocational Achievement Testing Program. (Subject areas covered in the tests were agricultural mechanics, carpentry, diesel mechanics, distributive education for food services personnel, fabric services, and home economics/food service.) In order to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Agricultural Engineering, Auto Mechanics, Carpentry
Austin, James T.; Mahlman, Robert A. – 2002
The topic of high-stakes testing (HST) is important because HST has direct and indirect effects on career-technical education (CTE) programs and timely because HST increasingly enters public discussion and has produced a large body of research and practice that generalizes to CTE. A review of HST has identified two persisting dilemmas: policy and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Educational Research, High Stakes Tests
Nelson, Howard F. – 1972
As an overview of a 6-year federally funded state program, Project MINI-SCORE's final report is intended to provide guidance personnel in Minnesota with occupational data useful for counseling high school students. Over 17,500 applicants to the full-time day programs offered in 24 Minnesota Area Vocational-Technical Schools were tested with a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Data Analysis, Databases
Walter, Richard A. – 1984
The Pennsylvania State University served as the Pennsylvania Coordinator of Occupational Competency Assessment (OCA). It managed the Pennsylvania OCA Program, which provides the secondary public schools of the state with competent vocational instructors as a component of teacher preparation at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Minimum Competency Testing
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1978
This guide is designed for school principals who bear the responsibility for the successful administration of Virginia's Competency Program. Several aspects of the program are described: legislative background; graduation requirements concerning citizenship and qualifying for further education or work; tests used to assess reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Citizenship Education, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1990
Chapter 188 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1985 established a statewide testing program that began in 1986. The Massachusetts Testing Program functions to improve curriculum and instruction in the public schools and districts, identify students needing assistance in mastering basic skills in the classroom, and make results available to the public.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Testing Programs. – 1989
This manual contains the general information on Regents Examinations, Regents Competency tests, occupational education proficiency examinations, and second language proficiency examinations, as well as the regulations and procedures for ordering, administering, and rating these examinations. The Regents Examinations are achievement tests based on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Language Tests
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Vocational Education. – 1986
This handbook is designed to provide teacher applicants and vocational educators with general information about Kentucky's Beginning Vocational Teacher Testing Program. Information is provided on amended chapter 396 of Kentucky's Revised Statute, which stipulates that all new/beginning teachers successfully complete appropriate written tests and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Beginning Teachers, Business Education
Agee, Janice Lowen – 1987
This annual report describes some of the major activities currently under way across California to implement educational reforms. The achievements described focus on raising standards in California schools, providing technical support to school districts, and charting progress at the local level through a statewide accountability program. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education Programs
Parrish, Linda H.; And Others – 1992
This paper describes the approach taken in Texas to meet the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (CPA) of 1984 (Public Law 98-524) to provide an aptitude and interest assessment to all students with special needs who are considering entering vocational education. The Texas three-level model of assessment is discussed. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Aptitude Tests, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
McCann, Kaye R. – 1989
The summary report "Statewide Test Results, Summary Report, Spring 1989" provided educators and the general public with information about the Delaware Educational Assessment Program (DEAP) and the performance of Delaware public school students on the Stanford Achievement Test, Eighth Edition (Stanford 8). This appendix disaggregates the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
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