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A Study of the Stability of School Effectiveness Measures across Grades and Subject Areas.

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Mandeville, Garrett K.; Anderson, Lorin W. – 1986

School effectiveness indices (SEIs), based on regressing test performance onto earlier test performance and a socioeconomic status measure, were obtained for eight subject-grade combinations from 485 South Carolina elementary schools. The analysis involved school means based on longitudinally matched student data. Reading and mathematics…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Age Differences

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