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Olsen, Scott A. – 1979
When a program evaluation is conducted on the basis of gains made in standardized achievement test scores between a pretest and a posttest, serious bias can result where a floor effect exists on one or both of the test levels. Based upon the expanded standard scores on the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills from three successive regular spring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Meredith, Vana H.; And Others – 1984
The primary purpose of the South Carolina Statewide Testing Program is to assess the achievement of fourth, seventh, and tenth grade public school students. Test results provide educators with information which facilitates the decision-making process. For the second time, Form U of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills was the instrument used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Disabilities
O'Neal, Sandra W. – 1984
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery are administered in New Mexico school districts as part of a state mandated assessment program. The tests are administered to students in grades three, five, and eight to measure achievement in the basic skills areas of reading, language, and mathematics. This report contains various types of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 5 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (The Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Price, Gary G.; And Others – 1979
The procedures used in Phase I of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation to scale, adjust, and aggregate reading and mathematics achievement in grade 2 are described. An explanation is included of the administration procedures. The tests used (the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
O'Neal, Sandra – 1986
The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery is administered in New Mexico school districts, as part of a state mandated assessment program, to students in grades 3, 5, and 8 to measure achievement in basic skills (reading, language, and mathematics). Various types of test data are presented for use in modifying the basic instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Download full textPowers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978
Fourth, seventh, and ninth grade students in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs were tested with the reading comprehension subtests of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, at each of two levels: on-level for each respective grade, and an easier out-of-level form. Approximately half of these students were found to be…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education, Difficulty Level
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The reading portion of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) was equated to the reading comprehension subtest of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) using the Rasch Model. Both tests were administered to 366 low achieving fourth grade students. MEAP was treated as both a 95-item test and a 19-item (number of objectives…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Educational Objectives
