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Marklund, Sixten – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
While the "Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects and Materials" provides a good checklist of prerequisites, such standards do not guarantee indisputable outcomes. Reanalysis of reading comprehension and mathematics mean achievement data from an international evaluation study illustrates how political bias can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Book Reviews, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment

Heath, Linda – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
The effects of the changing nature of intelligence test items during the follow-up period for compensatory education program evaluations on the judgments about program effectiveness are examined. Data from the Stanford-Binet and from three compensatory education evaluations, are examined. Methods for dealing with differential validity are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth