The Most Appropriate Scores for Measuring Educational Development in the Elementary School: GE's.

Hoover, H. D.

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Most Appropriate Scores for Measuring Educational Development in the Elementary School: GE's.

Hoover, H. D.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v3 n4 p8-14 Win 1984

Grade equivalent (GE) scores for elementary school achievement tests are defended in response to efforts to ban their use. Equal interval developmental scoring methods for the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills are criticized. (BS)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Latent Trait Theory, Norm Referenced Tests, Scaling, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Testing Problems

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills; Sequential Tests of Educational Progress

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