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Using Separate Answer Sheets with Grade 3 Students
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Brooks, Thomas; O'Malley, Kimberly; Ragland, Shelley; Young, Michael; Kirkpatrick, Rob – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors compared the performance of third-grade students testing on answer sheets with those testing on machine-scored test booklets. The 1,832 students in the nationally representative sample were assigned at the campus level to complete the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition in 1 of 4 conditions: (a) Form A answer sheet, (b)…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Answer Sheets, Performance Based Assessment, Test Scoring Machines
Academic College Readiness Indicators of Seniors Enrolled in University-Model Schools® and Traditional, Comprehensive Christian Schools
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Brobst, Sharon Christian – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This correlational study examined the relationship between type of high school a senior attends (University-Model SchoolRTM (UMS RTM) or traditional, comprehensive Christian) and academic college readiness, when controlling for prior academic achievement and gender. The study compared archival data from Christian school graduates from six schools…
Descriptors: Correlation, High Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Traditional Schools
The Relationship between Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Ninth-Grade Students in Arkansas
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Hanna, Shellie Lyne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Purpose, scope, and method of study. The purpose of this study was to determine if and to what degree a relationship existed between physical fitness and the academic achievement of ninth-grade public school students in Arkansas. A sample of 152 students from four different schools participated in the study. The dependent variable was academic…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Physical Fitness, Predictor Variables
Predicting Mathematics Achievement from Measures of Computer Aptitude in Junior High Students.
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Hearne, J. Dixon; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1987
Male and female junior high school students were administered the recently published Computer Aptitude, Literacy, and Interest Profile, and their composite scores were compared to cumulative mathematics subscales of the Stanford Achievement Test, Advanced Form E. Results showed that mathematics achievement was significantly associated with…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Computer Literacy, Interest Inventories, Junior High Schools
Relationship between Selected Kindergarten Predictors and First and Fourth Grade Achievement Test Scores.
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Caskey, William E. Jr.; Larson, Gerald L. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
Kindergarten predictors, Otis-Lennon IQ, group and individual Bender scores, and teachers' ratings were correlated with first-grade Stanford Achievement Test scores from 152 children from three schools in the same school district and fourth-grade Ohio Survey Test scores from 102 of the same children. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Education
Primary Mental Abilities and Metropolitan Readiness Tests as Predictors of Achievement in the First Primary Year.
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University City School District, MO. – 1970
The prediction of achievement provides teachers with necessary information to help children attain optimal achievement. If some skill prerequistites to learning which are not fully developed can be identified and strengthened, higher levels of achievement may result. The Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) are routinely given to all University City…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests