ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Program Evaluation	2
Student Characteristics	2
Test Validity	2
Academic Ability	1
Achievement Tests	1
Basic Reading	1
Data Analysis	1
Data Collection	1
Educational Testing	1
High Schools	1
Instructional Improvement	1
Local Norms	1
Models	1
Norm Referenced Tests	1
Norms	1
Pilot Projects	1
Primary Education	1
Reading Achievement	1
Reading Improvement	1
Reading Programs	1
Reading Tests	1
Research Methodology	1
Standardized Tests	1
State Programs	1
Teacher Attitudes	1
More ▼

Source

Author

Arter, Judith A.	1
Brown, W. J., Jr.	1
Estes, Gary D.	1
Trivett, B. Clark	1

Publication Type

Reports - Research	2
Speeches/Meeting Papers	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

North Carolina

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

Comprehensive Tests of Basic…

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

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

PDF pending restoration

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 Evaluation of the Pilot Program to Improve Reading Skills in North Carolina.

Brown, W. J., Jr.; Trivett, B. Clark – 1977

Concern over reports that North Carolina elementary school students performed below the national norms in reading achievement led to the establishment of a pilot program to improve reading skills in grades one through three. The Primary Reading Program was initiated in 117 classrooms in 40 schools throughout the state; 117 control classrooms from…

Descriptors: Basic Reading, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Instructional Improvement