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Download full textAgee, 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
Hasan, Parween – 1985
When the nation of Pakistan was first created, school entrance and civil service examinations were administered in a foreign language--English. A major concern is that enrollment in primary education only increased from 17 percent in 1947 to 48 percent in 1983, with stil a very high dropout rate. National and province-wide boards of education were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Boards of Education, College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum
Doughtie, Eugene B.; Alston, Herbert L. – 1976
The Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District, through the Volunteers in Public Schools, organized the Kindergarten Screening Project in 1970. The Kindergarten Screening Instrument (KSI) consists of five sub-scales: (1) the visual scale measures visual acuity at 20 feet; (2) the hearing scale measures the child's ability to…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Early Childhood Education, Eye Hand Coordination, Guides
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Student Assessment Section. – 1977
One of the priorities of Florida's educational system is helping all students acquire the basic skills necessary to perform the reading, writing, and mathematics tasks required by everyday living. The Florida Statewide Assessment Program provides information on the effectiveness of the state, each district, and each school in achieving this goal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1978
Ohio's Educational Assessment Program is briefly described, and extensive tables present the 1978 test results. The sampling design, test development, and setting of performance expectancy levels are discussed. Results are reported for the total test and for each objective. Comparisons between the average predicted, minimally acceptable, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Connections, 1979
Two topics are emphasized in this first newsletter of the Urban College and University Network of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The first concerns the establishment of the network: its purpose in promoting communication among urban institutions; its composition; a look at the students of the institutions; promising…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Colleges, Consortia
Shimberg, Benjamin – 1978
State regulation of occupational licensing is becoming the subject of nationwide debate. The issues being questioned and suggestions for their solutions include the following: (1) Is it necessary to regulate occupations, and, if it is, to what extent? Regulation is required only if its need is well-documented, and it should be kept to the minimum…
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Consumer Protection, Decision Making
Law, Alexander I – 1979
During the 1978-79 school year, all third grade pupils in California public schools were tested in reading achievement. Tests of reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics were administered to all sixth and twelfth graders. Various subtests of the Survey of Basic Skills, which was developed specifically for the California Assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1979
To comply with the Oklahoma legislative intent, a statewide random sample of students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 were tested in mathematics and reading. Students in grades 3, 6, and 9 were administered the California Achievement Tests (CAT), reading and mathematics subtests. It was concluded that: more students scored above, rather than below,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
Kohr, Richard L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This guide begins with a series of questions and answers which introduce Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) Inventory as a 188-to 190-item multiple choice test for fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades. Items are selected from a 400-item bank using matrix sampling procedures. Test results are analyzed at the school level; no…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Basic Skills
Frahm, Robert; Covington, Jimmie – 1979
An examination of the current status of minimum competency testing is presented in a series of short essays, which discuss case studies of individual school systems and state approaches. Sections are also included on the viewpoints of critics and supporters, teachers and teacher organizations, principals and students, and the federal government.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1960
IN JANUARY 1959, PHASE I OF THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO (1) OFFER AN INCREASED VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, (2) INITIATE MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, (3) INDIVIDUALIZE INSTRUCTION, AND (4) STRENGTHEN GUIDANCE AND TESTING PROGRAMS. DURING PHASE II, TO BEGIN IN 1960, SEVERAL SMALL TWELVE-GRADE SCHOOLS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cooperative Programs, Correspondence Study, Educational Needs
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1969
This report is the final one in a trilogy stemming from the 1968 Summer Reading Institute in the Washington Model School Division. The Institute was designed to meet the needs of elementary school teachers in their attempts to teach language skills and reading to students in grades K-3. This follow-up study examines the results of the Summer…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Followup Studies
Clark, John L. D. – 1972
This volume, one in a series in applied linguistics, is a concise handbook of testing theory and practice in foreign language instruction. Two broad categories, "prognosis" and the "evaluation of attainment," are treated in five major chapters, including: (1) prognostic measurement, (2) achievement measurement, (3) proficiency measurement, (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Applied Linguistics, Instructional Program Divisions, Item Analysis
Fleming, W. G. – 1971
This fifth volume of "Ontario's Educative Society," relates to a variety of institutions and activities such as teacher preparation, research and development, educational television services, and externally administered examinations. It describes in detail the creation and growth of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and its…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Books, College Admission, Educational Development
