Article: NSW: Primary school studentsin NSW sit Basic Skills Test

Article: State to phase in new basic skills test.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  May 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Minnesota Department of Education. The Minnesota Basic Skills Test will slowly be phased out of schools across ... students are still required to take the original basic skills test. The Basic Skills testing included a reading and math portion ...

Article: 2001 BASIC-SKILLS TEST RESULTS; Eighth-grade ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests taken by third- and fifth-graders will be available in July. Eighth-grade basic-skills test results Public schools . -- School district/ - School name -- A.C.G.C. Math % passed 1999: 73% 2000 ...

Article: Skills-test report heightens concerns for at-risk ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... had flunked one or both of the basic-skills tests. "I think it's generally ... release today of this year's basic-skills test scores in reading and math ... student failure rates on the basic-skills tests hasn't been nearly the ...

Article: School's state test put off after copy is stolen; The booklet for ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 9, 2001 ;     645 words ... ... given to eighth-graders. The basic-skills tests are "secured tests ... error in one form of another basic-skills test - the reading test, which was ... serious error occurred in the basic-skills math test last year, when a ...

Article: Measuring up to the basic-skills test; Staff ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... tests did the job of measuring basic skills. Since I read and write for ... worried about failing the reading basic skills test. The 40-question, multiple ... still struggle with relevant, basic skills. - You can take a practice ...

Article: BASIC SKILLS TEST PREPARATION WORKSHOP ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 3, 2007 ;     323 words ... ... Community College issued the following news release: A Basic Skills Test Preparation Workshop is being offered at Shawnee Community ... workshop will prepare participants to take the Illinois Basic Skills Test, a requirement of pre-service teachers. The workshop ...

Article: Skills-test concerns grow for Minneapolis seniors; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... pass the state's reading and math basic-skills tests. Members of Minnesota's Class ... students who had not passed the reading skills test. In addition, she said, the district ... offered summer-school classes. Skills-test results aren't yet available from ...