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ERIC Number: EJ620765
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-7347
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The History of Statewide Achievement Testing in Texas.
Cruse, Keith L.; Twing, Jon S.
Applied Measurement in Education, v13 n4 p327-31 2000
Provides a chronological summary of the evolution of statewide achievement tests in Texas to facilitate understanding of the issues behind the "GI Forum v. Texas Education Agency" litigation (1999), which challenged the curricular links of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and other "opportunity to learn" issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools, State Programs, Test Construction, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
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