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Agruso, Susan A. – 1990
Results of a minimum competency test administered to ninth-grade students were evaluated to compare the performance of 723 students (345 males, 347 females, and 31 unidentified students) on content-specific and process skill questions. Subjects represented a random sample of students taking the Regents Competency Test in Science--a 70-item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Females, Grade 9
Lock, Leonard K.; Miller, Leann R. – 1992
Gender differences were examined in results from the holistic model reading tests developed by the Pennsylvania State Department of Education. Patterns of differences were examined and interpreted within the context of previous reading research. Data were collected from the Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS) reading tests…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Peer reviewedFeingold, Alan – Review of Educational Research, 1992
Sex differences in variability in the national norms of the Differential Aptitude Tests, Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/Scholastic Aptitude Test, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, and California Achievement Tests were examined. Compared to females, males were consistently more variable in quantitative reasoning, spatial visualization,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, College Entrance Examinations
