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Test Language Effect in International Achievement Comparisons: An Example from PISA 2009
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Soh, Kaycheng – Cogent Education, 2014
International achievement comparison studies assess students on core subjects such as Reading, Mathematics and Science. Students who do not speak the test language at home can be expected to be disadvantaged because of language proficiency. The test language effect has not been given sufficient attention. The present study investigated probable…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing
Delaware Educational Assessment Program. 1986 Statewide Test Results. Summary Report.
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Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. – 1986
During April, 1986, approximately 60,000 Delaware public school students in grades 1 through 8 and in grade 11 were administered a battery of achievement tests as part of the state-funded Delaware Educational Assessment Program (DEAP). The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) in reading, language arts, and mathematics was administered. In…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
Testing Results for Minority Isolated Schools. San Diego City Schools, Spring 1984. Report No. 375.
San Diego City Schools, CA. Planning, Research and Evaluation Div. – 1984
Spring 1984 achievement test results for court-identified, minority isolated (MI) schools in the San Diego Unified School District are reported. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) were used to measure progress in the areas of reading, language, and mathematics. Language and math scores trended upwards across grades; reading also…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Comparative Testing
The Effect of Mastery Learning Instruction on the Entry-Level Spanish Proficiency of Secondary School Students.
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Obando, Ligia Torres; Hymel, Glenn M. – 1991
The relationship between instructional treatment manifested as mastery learning and non-mastery learning strategies and various measures of Spanish proficiency was studied with 41 freshmen at an all-female high school in the New Orleans (Louisiana) area. Subjects were grouped homogeneously into 2 classes of 22 and 19 students, representing the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Testing
The Difference in Achievement between Home Schooled and Public Schooled Students for Grades Four, Seven, and Ten in Arkansas.
Calvery, Robert; And Others – 1992
Arkansas law requires that each student aged 7 through 16 years in a home school program be tested annually using a nationally recognized standardized test chosen by the students' parents from a list of tests approved by the state. Achievement for home schooled and public schooled students in Arkansas was compared for grades 4, 7, and 10 using 6…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Problems in Developing an Alternative to the TOEFL.
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Des Brisay, Margaret – TESL Canada Journal, 1994
Data from the Canadian Test of English for Scholars and Trainees (CanTEST) are compared to data from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to establish CanTEST as a valid admissions tool for English-as-a-Second Language college applicants. Data are taken from four groups of examinees who took both tests. (eight references) (LR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Correlation