Riverside Comments on the Friends for Education Report.

Drahozal, Edward C.; Frisbie, David A.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Riverside Comments on the Friends for Education Report.

Drahozal, Edward C.; Frisbie, David A.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v7 n2 p12-16 Sum 1988

Representatives of the Riverside Publishing Company discuss the "Lake Wobegon Phenomenon," the reported "above average" achievement of most elementary schools nationwide that was discussed by J. J. Cannell (1988) of the Friends for Education. More appropriate use of normative comparisons and more complete reporting of test results should resolve the apparent paradox. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, National Norms, National Surveys, Norm Referenced Tests, Scores, State Surveys, Test Results, Testing Problems

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