School achievement test results faulted by study Chicago Sun-Times (11/27/1987)
...NEW YORK Standardized achievement tests paint a deceptively...commercially available tests." Dr. John Jacob...seemingly excellent test scores in every state...choose and administer tests, cities such as New...Achievement ...

Single-sex classes showing results; Pupils' achievement rises at Anacostia elementary school.(METROPOLITAN) The Washington Times (Washington, DC) (11/29/2002)
...say the change also improved grades and test scores. After reading the story about...discipline problems are gone and standardized test scores increased by 50 percent in reading...hour to focus on academics helped improve test scores." Mr. Smitherman said he had...

BOSTON STUDENTS SLIP ON ACHIEVEMENT TESTS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (6/27/1990)
...students who took the Metropolitan Achievement Test, a barometer of...last year on reading tests in nine out of 12...But the use of the Metropolitan to gauge the system...Standardized tests simply test the ...

ACHIEVEMENT TEST CRITICIZED, SAID TO SHOW FALSE GAINS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (2/23/1988)
...false sense of achievement" because scores...claims that the tests are evaluating...each year, test results improve...them is the Metropolitan Achievement...false sense of achievement. "The system...agreed that the ...

Test scores gain; St. Paul students met or exceeded national averages in several categories of achievement tests.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (7/2/2003)
...It replaces the Metropolitan Achievement test and is an important...whom have shown lower achievement. Harvey knows that...every grade in math - achievements Harvey noted with...leading to improved achievement. Increased ...

16 area schools honored for achievement; 'Blue ribbons' given for academic superiority, student gains.(METROPOLITAN) The Washington Times (Washington, DC) (11/1/2003)
...improvement in narrowing the achievement gap between white and minority...Paige said the national achievement gap is still "serious, devastating...educating all its children. ... Tests that evaluate a student...remarkable progress. Student achievement will ...

EDUCATORS, PUBLISHERS REACT TO CRITICISM OF STANDARD TESTS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (3/20/1988)
...says national test results mislead...widely used tests, who questioned...use of the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Cannell...the Stanford Achievement and the Metropolitan Achievement ...

BASIC TESTS OF PUPILS ARE CALLED MISLEADING The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (3/17/1988)
Standardized tests given annually...that national test results mislead...standardized MAT, or Metropolitan Achievement Tests. In math, seven...Achievement and the Metropolitan Achievement ...

TAKING ON TESTS TEACHERS LEADER CALLS EXAMS MISLEADING.(Main) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (10/29/1989)
...choice standardized achievement testing, saying...down standardized test scores. "I would...to standardized tests as they are now...you need to do is test for things that...he said. "To test for depth of knowledge...publishers produce, new ...