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    A Mathematics Challenge for Tomorrow Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Students in Seventh-day Adventist schools score close to the national norm in math on standardized tests. Some suggestions for improvement are given in the article, including having student-centered and student-directed classrooms and showing students math...

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    Achievement Testing Manual Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This document addresses the use of standardized tests in the Southwestern Union in North America. Created to help educators understand their role and carry out their responsibilities in administering tests and maximizing the use of test results.

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    Are Standardized Tests Being Used Appropriately? Grade 3-Grade 12
    Standardized tests have traditionally been used to determine students' academic standing and grade level, rate school districts, set real estate prices, and even determine whether a teacher will be rehired. Are these appropriate uses for tests? Carol Hammond...

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    Assessing the Validity of Graduate Record Examinations Tertiary-Lifelong
    Most graduate schools in the United States require applicants to submit writing samples, letters of recommendation, honors, grades in major, undergraduate GPA, and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. Of these requirements, GRE scores are the most heavily...

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    CAT5 - What's New/Using Assessment to Inform Instruction Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This recorded session from the 2021 virtual teachers' convention for educators in Canada showed "how to navigate the principal dashboard, teacher dashboard and student interface for the new online Cat5. Differences between CAT4 and Cat5 will also be explained." Note:...

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    Columbia Union Effective Use of Standardized Test Scores Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This 4 page brochure outlines briefly how best to utilize ITBS and other standardized test scores in North American Columbia Union Adventist schools.

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    Current Controversies Over Standardized Tests - Is There an Adventist School in Lake Wobegon? Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article outlines some of the controversies about the achievement of students on standardized tests. It suggests ways classroom teachers, school principals, and conference and union administrators in the Adventist educational school system can address...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Negative Effects of Peer Pressure; Most College Graduates Find Employment; More Ph.D.s Awarded in U.S.; Math and Science...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Girls as Likely as Boys to Have Reading Disability, Study Reveals; Report Identifies Causes of Learning Impairments; High...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: The National Parent Survey and the Adventist Health Study II. Other areas include: Class Size and Teacher Pary Matter More...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Parents and Schoolwork; Texas Fines Publishers For Textbook Errors; Survey Finds More Students Selecting a College for Financial...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This issue includes the following: Ellen White Writings Available on CD-ROM; National Standards for U.S. Students; Campus Job Recruiting Down, Starting Salaries Level.

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Journal Wins Express Award; New Bible Study Tool For Teachers and Students; American Teachers Doing More for Less; Verbal,...

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    JAE: Of Interest to Teachers Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This Journal of Adventist Education column features current news, reports, and updates of interest to educators. In this issue: Spending and School Achievement are Connected, New Study Shows; IQ tests versus Multiple Intelligence Theory; Improving High...

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    NAPLAN Gains and Explicit Instruction Kindergarten-Grade 6
    K-6 teachers at an Australian school have implemented a specific, intentional form of teaching and learning, resulting in significant growth in student achievement.

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    Preparing for College and Career Unit 5 - Starting Early Grade 9-Grade 12
    These are the student materials for Unit 5 of the free online course Preparing for College and Career. The course is a comprehensive faith-based journey through personal management,...

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    PUC Multi-grade Workshop Resources and More Kindergarten-Grade 12
    From the Pacific Union Conference, these resources include pacing guides, MAP Growth test information, a Pathways multi-grade presentation, science inquiry, and music materials such as cycles and plans, hymns, playing the recorder resources, and printable...

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    Putting Standardized Testing to the Test Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Jerry Kea discusses the history, design, and structure of standardized tests, their status in schools, and alternatives to their use for teachers who desire a clearer philosophical focus and more responsible evaluation of Seventh-day Adventist youth. Topics...

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    Results Obtained by Chilean Adventist Primary Schools in the Educational Quality Measurement System Tests Tertiary-Lifelong
    The Chilean System for Measuring the Quality of Education (SIMCE) includes a test that has been administered to all students in the country since 1988. Adventist educational institutions throughout the country have participated in the SIMCE since that year....In...

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    Shall We Evaluate? Kindergarten-Lifelong
    Can every student truly be evaluated by the same standard? Anita Oliver explores how this 'cookie cutter method' fails to address the diverse and intricate design of human beings. In an age where assessment is increasingly necessary in schools, churches, workplaces,...

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    The Effectiveness and Efficacy of Standardized Measurements and Evaluations in Education Grade 1-Lifelong
    The article begins by defining standardized measurement and assessment in education and describing the state of its global situation at present, particularly as it relates to international performance assessment studies. It explores the relationship between...