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Delcourt, Marcia A. B.; Cornell, Dewey G.; Goldberg, Marc D. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2007
This project was a 2-year investigation of elementary school children placed in programs for high-ability learners. The primary purpose of the study was to investigate academic and affective changes in students during their first 2 years in a gifted program. Students were assessed during the fall of one year and the spring of the next year.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Special Schools, Ethnicity, Social Status
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Steele, Joe M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1989
The validity and reliability of some measures of general education outcomes of college attendance are reviewed. Research to improve the accuracy of concordance estimates of mean gains is reported, based on analysis of 22 4-year longitudinal studies using instruments from the College Outcome Measures Program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Students, General Education
Whitla, Dean K. – 1981
The term "value added" refers to the assessment of the amount of learning that takes place during the college years. Two experiments, Value Added I and Value Added II, attempted to measure college students' attainment of eight liberal education objectives: (1) writing ability; (2) analytical ability; (3) sensitivity to ethics, morals,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, College Students, Educational Assessment