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Download full textReynolds, Cecil R. – 1980
Determination of the fairness of preschool tests for use with children of varying cultural backgrounds is the major objective of this study. The predictive validity of a battery of preschool tests, chosen to represent the core areas of preschool assessment, across race and sex, was evaluated. Validity of the battery was examined over a 12-month…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedReynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1980
When a number of school readiness tests were used with a group of 322 kindergarten children to predict end of first-grade Metropolitan Achievement Test scores, no evidence of racial bias and only minimal effects of sex bias were found in the predictions based on analysis of variance. (CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictive Validity
