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Masters, Geofferey; And Others – 1990
This publication on the New South Wales' Basic Skills Testing Program (BSTP) describes the development of the program's tests, the analysis of students' results, and the communication of results to parents, teachers, and schools. In BSTP tests, basic skills are defined not as low-level, rudimentary survival skills, but as major areas of learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1987
This process evaluation focused on the compensatory education delivery system in reading and mathematics in the Saginaw (Michigan) School District, which consists of three programs: (1) an elementary academic achievement program that involved 2,105 students, who were taken out of regular classrooms; (2) a secondary academic achievement program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This report presents the performance for school district categories and for individual school districts on the third grade Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) test. The Grade 3 criterion-referenced test contained three sections: mathematics, reading, and writing. Testing was conducted during February 1986. The report is in two…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 3, Mathematics Achievement
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This report presents the performance for school district categories and for individual school districts on the fifth grade Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) test. The Grade 5 criterion-referenced test contained three sections: mathematics, reading, and writing. Testing was conducted during February 1986. This report is in two…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This report presents the performance for school district categories and for individual school districts on the ninth grade Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) test. The Grade 9 criterion-referenced test contained three sections: mathematics, reading, and writing. Testing was conducted during February 1986. This report is in two…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 9, High Schools
Suydam, Marilyn N. – 1986
This digest briefly reviews some of the current findings from research on microcomputers which seem most pertinent to teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Summaries are presented of findings related to: (1) status surveys; (2) computer literacy and mathematics instruction; (3) effects of teaching computer programing; (4) tutorial computer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Ngaiyaye, Morven S. W.; VanderPloge, Arie – 1986
This study of the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on the academic achievement of educationally disadvantaged students in grades 2 through 8 in four urban schools tested three hypotheses: (1) supplementary CAI programs are significantly more effective than non-CAI supplementary instruction approaches for disadvantaged students; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Kenney, Jane L.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1984
This report on trends in school improvement test results presents an analysis and synthesis of 1978-1984 student performance data from four state-mandated testing programs: (1) the Educational Quality Assessment Program in Pennsylvania; (2) the Minimum Basic Skills Program in New Jersey; (3) the Delaware Educational Assessment Program in Delaware;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Romberg, Thomas A.; And Others – 1982
This paper reports the results from one of a series of related, collaborative studies carried out in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, in 1979 and 1980, examining how young children acquire the skills to represent and solve addition and subtraction problems. The purpose of this study was to relate children's cognitive processing capabilities and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes
Greenan, James P. – 1984
This manual is intended to provide students, teachers, counselors, and other school personnel with a set of practical instruments and procedures designed to measure the generalizable mathematics skills of students in secondary vocational programs. Three types of assessment instruments and procedures are presented and discussed: (1) student…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
Masters, James R. – 1988
Since the fall of 1984, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has conducted a yearly statewide testing of the reading and mathematics competencies of students in grades 3, 5, and 8. Because Pennsylvania does not mandate statewide curricula, the Department has had to rely upon committees of state educators to determine which objectives to test.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
Indiana State Dept. of Education, Indianapolis. – 1988
To assist administrators, teachers, and other school personnel in understanding and implementing the various components of the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) program, this manual details the ISTEP program, a broad-based achievement testing plan providing Indiana schools with a means of assessing their overall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Pelgrum, W. J.; And Others – 1986
Described are the implemented and attained mathematics curriculum of 18 countries that participated in the Second International Mathematics Study. Differences and similarities between countries, are illustrated through analysis of the data, and data are presented to indicate shortcomings in the content and outcomes of education within certain…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Assessment
Georgia Univ., Athens. Dept. of Mathematics Education. – 1988
This document presents four research papers related to the role of inconsistent ideas in learning mathematics and a discussion paper related to the same issue. The titles of the papers are: (1) "Cognitive Conflict in Procedure Applications" (Merlyn Behr and Guershon Harel); (2) "Inconsistencies in Preservice Elementary Teachers'…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Mathematics, Concept Formation
California State Legislative Analyst's Office, Sacramento. – 1987
This report contains the findings and recommendations of the California Legislative Analyst concerning the Native American Indian Early Childhood Education program. The program was established in 1972 to increase competence in reading and mathematics among American Indian students in California rural schools by intervening in prekindergarten…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation
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