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The Stability and Validity of Academic Achievement.
Hotard, Stephen R. – 1983
Texts on measurement theory report many studies on the consistency of intelligence test scores, but the stability of academic achievement over the school years has never been adequately studied. To investigate the stability of achievement test scores from fourth grade to college, a random sample of 100 students was selected from a 1978 graduating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Early Identification of High Performers.
McGrew, Jean B.; And Others – 1984
The principal purpose of this project was to find what, if any, early indicators exist to identify incoming students whose academic performance in high school would be high. The corollary objective was to consider what types of intervention strategies might be designed to assure that students so identified would fulfill their early promise. An…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Attendance Patterns, Early Identification
A Determination of the Relationship between Various Factors and Success on the Advanced Placement Computer Science Examination.
Flaherty, Robert John – 1987
This study was undertaken to determine whether a significant correlation exists between the student's performance on the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Examination and three factors: (1) mathematics scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); (2) a mathematics index score reflecting mathematics courses taken by the student…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Aptitude Tests, Computer Science
Factors Contributing to Achievement in Statewide Physics Competition.
Harpole, Sandra; Gifford, Vernon – 1985
This study was conducted to relate personal, cognitive, and school variables to physics achievement. The sample consisted of 435 students participating in the 1985 Mississippi State University Annual Physics Competition. The Student Background Questionnaire was planned and developed to collect information on each variable examined. The predictor…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Performance Factors
Correlates of the Academic Achievement of Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders.
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Foley, Regina M.; Epstein, Michael – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
Measures of survival skills, locus of control, study skills, achievement test scores, and grade point average for 86 students (ages 11-15) with behavioral disorders were analyzed to identify the correlates and predictors of their academic achievement. Overall, student achievement test performance was correlated with organizational skills and an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Disorders, Correlation
Meta-Analysis of Studies Investigating the Effects of Father Absence on Children's Cognitive Performance.
Salzman, Stephanie A. – 1987
A meta-analysis was conducted of 137 studies investigating the effects of father absence due to employment, military service, death, divorce, separation, or desertion on children's cognitive performance as assessed by scores on standardized intelligence, scholastic aptitude, and academic achievement tests and school grades. Aggregation of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests
Time on Any Task?: The Relationship between Instructional Pacing and Standardized Achievement Test Gains.
Gastright, Joseph F. – 1985
This descriptive study investigates the variability in the curriculum pacing decisions of classroom teachers. The effects on the reading achievement and performance gains of first and second grade students in a compensatory education program program are examined. Data were collected from: (1) the Metropolitan Readiness Test results used to select…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basal Reading, Cohort Analysis