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Download full textShively, Joe E. – 1986
Results of the West Virginia State-County Testing Program from 1982 to 1985 are summarized. The test battery includes the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS); the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), a test of scholastic ability; and the West Virginia Student Questionnaire, which includes school subjects interest ratings, educational plans, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biographical Inventories, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBeck, Frances Wi; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised (PPVT-R) and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) (reading, mathematics, and language subtests) were administered to 61 elementary school students in semi-rural Louisiana. Moderate positive correlations were found between PPVT-R scores and all CTBS subtests except mathematics computation. (GDC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Harnischfeger, Annegret; Wiley, David E. – Educational Technology, 1976
The recent test score declines should initiate a reconsideration of basic and advanced skills, skills necessary for a rounded life, consumption, employment, leisure and political action. The importance of achievement test score declines requires a thorough consideration of these issues and questions. (JY) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
