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

Newville, Lynne; Hamm, Norman H.

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Publication Date: 1985

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

Newville, Lynne; Hamm, Norman H.

Journal of School Psychology, v23 n1 p91-93 Spr 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, Primary Education, Reading Tests, Student Placement, Underachievement, Young Children

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test

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