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A Comparative Study of the Reliability and Validity of the "Degrees of Reading Power" and the "Iowa Tests of Basic Skills."

Hildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – 1986

This study compared the reliability and validity of two different measures of reading ability, the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Reading test and the ITBS Vocabulary test. The data consisted of scores of 377 grade 5 and grade 6 students on these tests, along with their assigned reading levels in the…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correlation, Grade 5, Grade 6

Using Predictor Tests to Strengthen Ethnic Diversity in Teacher Education.

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Heger, Herbert K.; Engelhardt, Jon M. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1991

Describes the development of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) tests which predict student success in mathematics on the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) and readiness for college mathematics. Institutions wishing to expand ethnic diversity in teacher education must help minority students prepare for tests like the TASP. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Basic Skills, College Bound Students