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Download full textEaston, John Q.; Washington, Elois D. – 1982
The effects of students taking different levels of the same standardized achievement test were assessed by administering two levels of the same test to each student. The functional level of the test was taken by all students. The second level of testing was randomly assigned at the adjacent higher or lower level of the test. Functional level…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Pilot Projects, Reading Achievement, Scores
Peer reviewedSchell, Leo M. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the reading portions of the California Achievement Tests. (JT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Test Interpretation
Canner, Jane; And Others – 1986
In spring 1986, new citywide testing programs in both reading and mathematics were implemented by the New York City Board of Education. In those cases where the test had changed, it was necessary to statistically equate the new tests to the old tests, so that comparisons of equated rather than actual scores could be made during the transitional…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Latent Trait Theory
