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Direct linkBelcher, Marcia J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
Offers a synthesis of the arguments for and against value-added testing (i.e., assessing how much students learn or improve or grow in school or college). Looks at alternative methods of measuring the value added in terms of the relationship between entry and exit skills. (DMM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Outcomes of Education
Download full textBecker, Douglas F.; Forsyth, Robert A. – 1990
Gender differences in achievement were studied in five academic areas: (1) vocabulary; (2) language usage; (3) reading; (4) mathematics problem solving; and (5) using sources of information. Standardized achievement test scores for a sample of 3,002 students (1,642 females and 1,360 males) who were tested in each of 10 consecutive years, grades 3…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
