Attitudes Toward Standardized Achievement Tests and Their Relation to Achievement Test Performance.

Karmos, Ann H.; Karmos, Joseph S.

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ERIC Number: EJ303864

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Publication Date: 1984

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Attitudes Toward Standardized Achievement Tests and Their Relation to Achievement Test Performance.

Karmos, Ann H.; Karmos, Joseph S.

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, v17 n2 p56-66 Jul 1984

Examined the attitudes of 360 students in grades 6 through 9 toward standardized achievement tests. Results showed scores on the Stanford Achievement Test were significantly related to students' perceptions of individual effort, test importance, and the use schools make of test results. (JAC)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Factors, Sex Differences, Standardized Tests, Student Attitudes, Students, Test Use

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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