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Download full textLigon, Glynn; Battaile, Richard – 1986
In certain situations, grade equivalent scores are the most appropriate statistic available for reporting achievement test data. It is noted that testing practitioners have found that raw scores, normal curve equivalents, stanines, and standard scores are very useful. However, it is best to convert to either grade equivalents or percentiles before…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Measurement Objectives
Tompkins, John F. – 1986
This report describes an evaluation of the Chapter 1 Mathematics Program for 1,008 students in grades 1 through 8 in the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Four comments summarize results of the evaluation: students in grades 2-8 surpassed the criterion for gains in the total mathematics score on the Iowa Tests of Basic…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Objectives, Budgets, Compensatory Education
Schnelker, Diane; And Others – 1986
A three-year study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the Transitional School Model in the Des Moines, Iowa, Independent Community School District. The model was designed to provide early adolescents in grades 6-8 with a more comprehensive bridge between elementary school and high school by emphasizing students' physical, emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
