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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED331924 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Summary Report on the Results of the April 1990
Standardized Testing Program. Research, Evaluation, and
Planning Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 28 p.
ABSTRACT: The Chicago (Illinois) School Reform Act of 1988
(Public Act 85-1418) established the performance of
students on a nationally normed, standardized test as a key
measure of success. In the Chicago Public Schools, the
tests used are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the
elementary grades and the Tests of Achievement and
Proficiency (TAP) in high school. This report summarizes
the results achieved on the ITBS and TAP testing conducted
in spring 1990, during the first year of the reform
implementation. This information is seen as establishing a
baseline against which progress can be measured during the
next several years. This baseline can be expressed in
several ways, but the simplest is the percentage of
students below the national norms. The key tables in the
report present the information in this format. This measure
provides a convenient way of knowing how much progress is
being made toward the legislative goal of having at least
half of all students in each school at or above national
norms, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or family
income. Results indicate that, depending upon the
grade and subject, improvement of 20 to 30 percent or more
must take place. Eight tables of statistical data are
included. (AF)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Educational-Change; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Program-Implementation; Test-Interpretation;
Test Norms; Test-Use
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Achievement;
*Academic-Standards; *National-Norms; *Standardized-Tests;
*Testing-Programs; *Test-Results
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