About 90 percent of Illinois districts administer standardized achievement tests, with aptitude/IQ tests, career planning instruments, local CRTs, and diagnostic tests less common¶

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q2 i? About 90 percent of districts administer standardized achievement tests such as the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Stanford Achievement Tests, and Terra Nova. → John Q. Easton 2000 q2 i? Approximately one-third of districts administer aptitude or IQ tests (OLSAT, CogAT), about 23 percent administer career planning and college preparatory instruments, and 15 percent administer diagnostic tests. → John Q. Easton 2000

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John Q. Easton 2000¶

John Q. Easton. (2000). Testing and Assessment in Illinois School Districts. The Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/testing-and-assessment-illinois-school-districts

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Survey of district assessment coordinators on types of assessments administered; most are commercially produced off-the-shelf products. The report also states "Approximately one-third of districts administer these aptitude or IQ tests," that about 23 percent give career planning and college preparatory instruments such as the ACT PLAN, and that 15 percent give diagnostic tests.

"the Stanford Achievement T ests, the Terra Nova, plus others. About 90 percent of districts administer standardized achievement tests to their stu- dents (see Figure 3)."

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