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Content Validity of the WRAT and Grade Level Achievement of Primary Grade Students.

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Newville, Lynne; Hamm, Norman H. – Journal of School Psychology, 1985

Compared Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) arithmetic and reading performance of randomly selected primary grade children (N=70) in a suburban school district to grade placement in reading and math and text placement in reading. WRAT scores overestimated actual achievement in all grades tested. (Author/NRB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Predictive Validity

The Predictive Validity of the Wide Range Achievement Test and Achievement Scores of ESOL Adults.

Wilcox, Wilma B. – 1991

The need in adult education English-for-Speakers-of-Other-Languages (ESOL) classes for a simple, effective placement measure that is inexpensive in terms of both cost and time is noted, and results of a study of the predictive validity of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) on the achievement scores of adult ESOL students are reported. The WRAT…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Education, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis