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A Study To Identify Items on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills Which Are Associated with Racial or Ethnic Group Membership; To Determine Possible Relationships between Instructional Needs and These Items; and To Develop Recommendation Strategies.

Beal, Barry B. – 1987

In spring 1986 Anglo students received higher scores than Blacks or Hispanics on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), on all subtests and at all grade levels in the Denver (Colorado) Public Schools. This study, by attempting to locate patterns of item response, seeks to identify items in the ITBS that suggest differential pupil achievement by…

Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Basic Skills, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education