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Cheng, Liying; Klinger, Don A.; Zheng, Ying – Language Testing, 2007
Results from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) indicate that English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Literacy Development (ELD) students have comparatively low success and high deferral rates. This study examined the 2002 and 2003 OSSLT test performances of ESL/ELD and non-ESL/ELD students in order to identify and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Literacy
Naugle, Helen H. – 1977
To assure that students graduating from the institutions of higher education in Georgia possess basic academic literacy, an essay test was devised to provide system-wide information on the status of student competence in the areas of reading and writing and to identify those students who do not attain the expected levels of competence. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, English Instruction, Essay Tests
Connecticut State Board of Education, Hartford. – 1983
The Connecticut Statewide Basic Skills Proficiency Test is required for all ninth-grade students in Connecticut public schools, vocational-technical schools, and endowed or incorporated high schools and academies. The examination covers basic reading, language arts and mathematics skills. Students who score below the level of expected performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Grade 9
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1980
California's Pupil Proficiency Law requires each local school district to adopt standards of proficiency in the basic skills of reading comprehension, writing, and computation. Students are to be assessed in grades 4-11. Students not making sufficient progress towards meeting the district's standards are to be provided with remedial programs, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Computation, Educational Assessment
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1981
The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, defined by the 1976 Educational Accountability Act, collects and disseminates information on the effectiveness of its school systems to help its students achieve minimum performance standards (MPS) in mathematics, reading, and writing tasks. The 1980-81 regular assessment involved approximately 460,000…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
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
Hoetker, James – 1979
The literature on essay testing, and particularly the selection of topics which will stimulate the writing of essays, was reviewed in order to recommend a set of specifications that will produce topics that are maximally fair to all teacher certificate candidates. It was found that by far the greater part of the research relating to writing…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Davis, John N.; Moriel, James, Jr. – 1980
In order to compose equivalent certification tests in the basic skills in reading, mathematics calculations and applications, and writing for high school graduation requirements, the San Jose Unified School District, California, used the Rasch computer program to arrive at the scaled difficulty level of test items. The procedure for achieving a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1985
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) was established by South Carolina legislation enacted in 1978. This report describes BSAP implementation and test results for 1984-85 as prescribed in the legislation. As the schedule for this academic year required, the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) was administered to all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Measurement