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Download full textQaqish, Basil – Online Submission, 2007
ACT college test publisher provided scores. On average, non-homeschoolers performed better than homeschoolers, by about two items, out of sixty items, on the ACT mathematics test that was analyzed. This result may be due to the different teaching/learning media used in teaching each of the two groups, to different teacher/student interaction, or…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
Peer reviewedHildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
Reliability and validity of "Degrees of Reading Power" test and "Iowa Tests of Basic Skills" reading comprehension and vocabulary tests were compared. Test scores, grades, and assigned reading levels of 191 fifth and sixth graders and 186 sixth and seventh graders in an eastern Iowa school district were used. Reliability and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Peer reviewedPlake, Barbara S.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Results of the Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Mathematics Concepts subtests of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were analyzed for sex bias. On the whole, little evidence for sex bias was found for the four subtests and three grade levels examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students
