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Download full textWaters, Theresa Z. – 1996
A study examined the effect of geographic mobility on elementary school students' achievement. Although such mobility, which requires students to make multiple moves among schools, can have a negative impact on academic achievement, the hypothesis for the study was that it was not a determining factor in reading achievement test scores. Subjects…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Carlson, James E.; Jirele, Tom – 1992
Some results are presented relating to the dimensionality of the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics item-response data. Based on theoretical considerations, practical limitations, and previous research, two procedures were selected for study: full information factor analysis as implemented in the TESTFACT computer…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Factor Analysis, Grade 4
Skuy, Mervyn; And Others – Gifted Education International, 1988
In an Israeli community of low socioeconomic status, conventional ability measures and the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) were administered to 165 high-achieving intermediate grade students and their classmates. High-achieving students scored higher than classmates on both conventional and LPAD measures but scored higher than the norm…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Grade 11, Grade 4
Shellman, David W. – 1992
The paradox of site-based school management with use of standardized tests or instructional management systems that restrict teacher choices was evident in one school district in North Carolina in which measurement of student success has centered on student performance on state-mandated tests. A study was conducted to see if students whose…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Comparative Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
Perlman, Carole L.; And Others – 1989
This study was designed to examine the extent to which Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) constructing meaning scores correlate with Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) reading scores and with performance on ITBS items dealing with literal meaning, inferences, and generalizations. In addition, this study assessed the ability of the IGAP reading…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Generalization
Offenberg, Robert M. – 1992
This study assessed the effects of Instrumental Enrichment (IE) instruction with minority students on a non-verbal measure of students' intelligence (the Progressive Matrices test), on students' report card marks, and on students' City-Wide Test nationally-normed reading and mathematics scores in the School District of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Enrichment Activities, Instructional Effectiveness
Northern Territory Dept. of Education, Darwin (Australia). – 1992
This report contains details of the results of the Primary Assessment Program conducted in 1991 in urban and non-urban schools in the Northern Territory of Australia. The assessment program, conducted annually at years 5 and 7 in urban schools and at ages 10 years and above in non-urban schools, monitors achievement in English and mathematics. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
