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Livingston, Samuel A. – 1972
A social studies achievement test made up of items rewritten in simplified language was compared with a test containing the same items in their original form by administering the two tests to the entire 8th grade class of a suburban junior high school near Baltimore. The results showed only slightly higher scores for students taking the simplified…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Factor Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High School Students