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Kaufman, Maurice; And Others – 1978
This report describes the implementation of the Language Education Acceleration Program (LEAP) of Medford, Massachusetts. The program is evaluated. The administration of the program is discussed. Pre and post test results are given and analyzed for the Metropolitan Achievement Test, Stanford Early School Achievement Test, phonics, structural…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Skills
Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Federal Education Opportunity Programs. – 1976
An integral part of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs has been the evaluation of these programs in terms of attainment of increments of gain in reading and mathematics. One of the most widely used methods of analyzing pre and post test norm referenced data has been the six-step historical regression procedure. This…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores
Diamond, Esther E. – 1984
The problem of measuring growth across the target grade and, typically, the two adjacent grades, concerns most developers of standardized, norm-referenced achievement tests, particularly at the item selection stage. Opinion is divided on whether to retain or drop items that do not get easier from grade to grade. The controversy has focused on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Difficulty Level
Conklin, Jon – 1978
It is unsafe to estimate achievement test norms for fall testing by linear interpolation between norms for the previous spring testing and norms for the following spring. Second grade students were tested in reading and arithmetic in the fall and in the spring to provide pre-test and post-test data for evaluation of academic growth. Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
Alkin, Marvin C.; And Others – 1975
The ALL WIN-U.S.A. Project, administered by the Office of the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools (OLACSS), was to provide basic-skills instruction in reading and mathematics that would result in significant improvement in the respective achievement domains, in learner attitudes, and cost effectiveness relative to the previous curriculum…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
Lorentz, Jeffrey L. – 1977
The reduction of data collected as part of the Carroll County, Georgia, Competency Based Teacher Certification Project is discussed. Data were collected on more than 1800 students in 59 classrooms (grades 1 - 12) during the 1974-75 school year. Data collected on teachers and students were reduced to classroom-level indices so that process-product…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Affective Measures
