ERIC Number: EJ274441
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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The Use of Grade and Age Equivalent Scores in Educational Assessment.
Bennett, Randy Elliot
Diagnostique, v7 n3 p139-46 Spr 1982
Limitations of grade and age equivalent scores in the educational assessment of handicapped students include unequal variance across content areas, grade and age groups, and encouragement of comparison with inappropriate groups. The author recommends the use of expanded scale scores. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Age, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Grade Equivalent Scores, Scores, Student Evaluation, Test Norms, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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