What is "clas"

n. A Celtic monastery

CLAS was a standards-based assessment based on Outcomes Based Education principles given in California in the early 1990s. It was based on concepts of new standards such as whole language and reform mathematics. Instead of multiple choice tests with one correct answer, it used open written responses that were graded according to rubrics. Such tests were thought to be fairer to students of all abilities.

Failure rates among all groups, particularly minorities, was so high that it generated concern. It was terminated in 1995 by the governor after two years.

Maureen DiMarco testified to the California State Legislature in charge of the [CLAS] that no graders were allowed to give a "4" top score in mathematics in the first year. It was based on open responses scored holistically, so that the correct answer to how to share 5 apples among 4 people might be to give the 5th to a food bank.

Minorities scored even lower than on standardized tests, huge numbers scored in the lowest categories, as open response questions with more than one answer proved to be even more difficult than multiple choice problems.

It was replaced by STAR, which is a testing system based on traditional rigorous academic standards which largely discards the theory of outcome-based education which was widely rejected by the late 1990s in the United States.

Category:Standardized tests in the United States Category:Education in California

Clas or CLAS may refer to:

• Clas (given name)
• Clas (ecclesiastical settlement), a medieval church in Wales
• CLAS (education), a standards-based assessment used in California
• CLAS detector, the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• CESG Listed Advisor Scheme, a system of IT Security specialists working on government computer systems in the UK
• University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Center for Latin American Studies - University of Pittsburgh
• Conjugated linoleic acids

A clas ( Welsh clasau) was a native Christian church in early medieval Wales. Unlike later Norman monasteries, which were made up of a main religious building supported by several smaller buildings, such as cloisters and kitchens, a clas was normally a single building. The building was run by a community of clergy and headed by an abod. Clasau were autonomous and were administered locally.

Following the Norman invasion of Wales in the late 11th century, many of the clasau of South Wales became dependencies of religious houses in England. This resulted in several sites becoming part of the Benedictine or Augustinian orders, or built upon in the following centuries by Norman churches.

Clas is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), Swedish naturalist
• Clas Bjerkander (1735–1795), Swedish meteorologist, botanist and entomologist
• Clas or Klaus Fleming (1535-1597), Finnish-born Swedish nobleman and admiral, Lord High Admiral and Lord High Constable
• Clas Fleming (admiral) (1592-1644), an admiral and administrator of the Royal Swedish Navy
• Clas Frietzcky (1727–1803), Swedish politician
• Clas Lindberg (born 1956), Swedish film director and screenwriter
• Clas Theodor Odhner (1836-1904), Swedish historian and director of the Swedish National Archives
• Clas Thunberg (1893-1973), Finnish speed skater and five time Olympic gold medalist
• Clas Åkesson Tott (c. 1530–1590), Swedish field marshal and member of the Privy Council of Sweden