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Sanchez, Kathryn; Kellow, Tom; Ye, Renmin – 2000
This study compared Stanford Achievement Test (SAT-9) academic subtest scores by students' grade, gender, and ethnicity and across different educational programs (e.g., Title I and special education). The study sample consisted of 144,701 students from public schools in a large city in the Southwest United States (grades 1-11). Raw data were taken…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Program Divisions, Racial Differences
Ramos, Cristina – 1996
Grade-equivalent scores are widely used in the school system in reporting students' performance on standardized achievement tests. This paper explores how grade equivalent scores are calculated and interpreted. In addition, the paper examines the limitations of grade-equivalent scores through the use of small heuristic data sets. A…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computation