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The aims of the report are threefold: (1) to assess the general level of social studies learning of seventh grade students in California public schools; (2) to provide a comparison of the general level of social studies learning to those of other curriculum areas; and (3) to provide a comparison of the relative level of social studies learning by…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
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A social studies achievement test made up of items rewritten in simplified language was compared with a test containing the same items in their original form by administering the two tests to the entire 8th grade class of a suburban junior high school near Baltimore. The results showed only slightly higher scores for students taking the simplified…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Factor Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High School Students
