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Estimating Gains and Establishing Program Objectives Using Data from Nationally Normed Tests.

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Estes, Gary D. – 1979

Normative data reported by publishers of the California Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, and the SRA Assessment Survey were used to illustrate a procedure for specifying goals for Title I programs in terms of normal curve equivalent (NCE) gains. The procedure was based on the amount of growth reflected in student reading…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives

A Model for Developing Local Norms with a Standardized Achievement Measure for Use with Local Program Evaluation: Procedures and Effects.

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Arter, Judith A.; Estes, Gary D. – 1978

The validity of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) and problems associated with inappropriate norms were investigated in eleven senior high schools in Phoenix, Arizona. CTBS validity was assessed in three ways: (1) correlation between test scores and number of courses taken in that subject; (2) correlation between CTBS scores and…

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, High Schools

An Empirical Comparison of ESEA Title I Evaluation Models A and B.

Faddis, Bonnie J.; And Others – 1979

Ninth grade Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation results in reading and English-writing projects were compared, using the RMC Model A with local empirical norms, Model A with national interpolated norms, and Model B. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS)--Total Reading and Total Language subtests--were administered…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Control Groups