ERIC Number: ED281893
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Feb
Pages: 34
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A Method for Early Identification of Students Likely to Fail a Minimum Competency Exit Level Test: Early Prediction of Scores on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS).
Bostic, Jeff Q.; And Others
The public schools reform movement has led to a proliferation of minimum competency testing programs by states. At the 11th/12th grade level, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), mandated by Texas House Bill 72, is an exit exam, divided into two sections which measure minimum competencies in math and language skills. Students failing to demonstrate mastery are required to retake and master that portion(s) of the exam to graduate from a Texas-accredited high school. Thus, methods of early identification of students at risk to fail the TEAMS exit test should be useful to school personnel. This study, conducted for the Lubbock Independent School District, isolated six variables which, in various combinations, predicted students' TEAMS scores at approximately 80 percent accuracy. TEAMS language and math scores were predicted using six different combinations of scores on the 6th-grade California Achievement Test Total Reading, 8th-grade Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude Language IQ, 8th-grade Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude Non-language IQ Scores, 9th-grade Texas Assessment of Basic Skills Total Writing, 9th-grade Texas Assessment of Basic Skills Math Scores, and 10th-grade math course grade point averages. As some of these variables may be collected and TEAMS scores predicted up to two years before students first take the TEAMS exit test, a variety of remediation options are available to school districts. The TEAMS study variable list is appended. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, High Risk Students, Language Tests, Mathematics Tests, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Regression (Statistics), Remedial Programs, School Districts, Scores, Standardized Tests, State Programs
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills
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