SCHOOL-TEST BILL PASSES SENATE ACTION WOULD REQUIRE STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT AND PENALIZE FAILURE.(News) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) (6/15/2001)
...eliminate a persistent gap in test scores between white and minority...It very forcefully places achievement at the center of federal policy...Senate bill requires states to test students every year in grades...check the validity of the state tests. If a ...

Test Wars; Despite repeated promises of reform from the SAT's keepers, critics still find plenty to talk about. Could the ACT finally conquer all?(standardized achievement tests) Newsweek (8/21/2006)
...course SAT prep companies said the new test was too long and exhausting, with the...or fade, producing more than 5,000 tests with the wrong scores. Even after that...they assume the ACT, with 1.2 million test takers in the class of 2005 compared with...students every year ...

Achievement oriented: Standardized exams give parents, students feedback. News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) (12/9/2006)
...later on." ------------ Tests available Standardized tests available to parents who home school their children: --Stanford Achievement Test (SAT): A nationally standardized test for K-12. Listening skills...

The truth about students of color and standardized tests: in order to understand the black-white achievement gap, hearing from students of color, especially about standardized tests, can be extremely beneficial. Leadership (1/1/2007)
...studied the achievement gap for many...about the test scores...poorly on standardized tests are from...black-white achievement gap continues...standardized test scores has...specifically about ...

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT\ SCHOOLS TRY TO EASE PRESSURE AS STANDARDIZED TESTS LOOM.(News) The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) (4/17/2006)
...few weeks before the annual standardized testing known as Commonwealth...the activities and higher test scores, but they certainly...theme is 'Do the Best on the Test.' Just encouragement. It's a very trying test," he said. "There's...

Alexandria Drafts Achievement Plan; Program Focuses on Minority Students With Low Standardized Test Scores The Washington Post (11/19/1987)
...poorly on national standardized tests. The newly designed...Masem's new minority achievement policy for Alexandria...bottom third of national standardized tests also are included in...students in how to take tests, training ...

SCHOOLS THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY'S FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONSISTENTLY SCORE WELL ABOVE THE COUNTY AND STATE AVERAGES ON STANDARDIZED AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TESTS. HERE IS A LOOK AT EACH.(News) Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (4/26/2007)
William S. Hart Union High School District, 21515 Centre Pointe Parkway, Santa Clarita 91350; (661) 259-0033; www.hartdistrict.org. Superintendent Jaime L. Castellanos. Serves Canyon Country, Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, Castaic, Stevenson Ranch. Grades: 7-12. Total enrollment: 23,400. Total schools:

Improving teachers of minority students' attitudes towards and knowledge of standardized tests. (The scholarship of teaching and learning). Academic Exchange Quarterly (3/22/2002)
...improving the test performance...standardized tests. It is a...poorer on standardized educational achievement tests than those...related to test bias or inappropriate...evaluating student ...

Standardized Schools.(standardized tests)(Brief Article) The Nation (10/18/1999)
...by instituting tough tests. New York State Education...9-year-olds to tests they can't pass is...flunked the new state test, Kirk Schroder, president...in measuring student achievement." Standardized tests have been ...