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Gender-Related Differences on the College Board's Advanced Placement and Achievement Tests, 1982-1992.
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Stumpf, Heinrich; Stanley, Julian C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1996
Gender-related differences in participation in and scores on the College Board's Advanced Placement and Achievement examinations were studied for the years 1982 through 1992. There was little change in patterns of examination participation, and patterns of sex differences in scores were generally stable, with some evidence of difference narrowing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Gender Differences on the College Board Achievement Tests and the Advanced Placement Examinations: Effect Sizes Versus Some Upper-Tail Ratios.
Stanley, Julian C. – 1987
Gender differences were determined for scores on the 14 College Entrance Examination Board achievement tests taken between 1982 and 1985. Effect sizes showed a tendency for males to score higher relative to females, while the percentage of male examinees increased. Based on Cohen's classification of effect sizes, differences in six of the 14 tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, Effect Size
Democracy in America: Starting at the Source.
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Serow, Ann G. – Social Studies, 1986
This article notes that the May 1987 release of the College Board's advanced placement exam in American government gives high school social studies departments good reason to reassess and improve their advanced placement programs. It shows how Alexis de Toqueville's classic 1935 work, "Democracy in America," may be used as a central…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Citizenship, Civics
Credit by Examination at the University of Texas at Austin, 1986-87.
Mahoney, Susan S. – 1987
This report covers the 1986-87 testing year in which eight colleges or schools at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin participated in the credit-by-examination program. Test results in 18 subject areas are reported. The summary section includes a discussion of the overall impact of credit-by-examination on eight participating schools or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Credits
Credit by Examination at the University of Texas at Austin, 1984-1985.
Mahoney, Susan S. – 1985
This special report documents the results of the program of credit by examination offered at the University of Texas at Austin during the 1984-1985 testing year. The data present a basis for a comprehensive picture of the impact of the program on this campus. The examinations covered 64 subject areas with 234 courses taught by 39…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Credits, College Entrance Examinations, Credit Courses
Credit by Examination at the University of Texas at Austin, 1985-1986.
Mahoney, Susan S. – 1987
The University of Texas (UT) at Austin's credit by examination program is described. In 1985-86, credit by examination was offered in 55 subjects. Details were provided for each of 18 subject areas in which over 20 tests were administered: Biology; Chemistry; Chinese; Computer Science; Economics; Electrical Engineering; English; French; German;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Biology, Chemistry