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Technical Report on Edmonton Grade III Achievement. 1956-1977 Comparisons. A Study Conducted for the Alberta Advisory Committee on Educational Studies.

Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1978

The Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 study is a comparison of achievement in reading, arithmetic, and language involving all of the third grade students in a large school system. Six basic skills tests which were administered to all of the Edmonton third grade students in 1956 were reprinted and administered to all of the third grade…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills

Will Out-of Level Norm-Referenced Testing Improve the Selection of Program Participants and the Diagnosis of Reading Comprehension in ESEA Title I Programs?

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Slaughter, Helen B.; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978

Concern was expressed for the possible effects of testing Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students with norm-referenced tests that may be so difficult that many students will have scores in the chance range. The likelihood of such students obtaining equal scaled scores if they were tested with easier out-of-level tests was…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Equated Scores