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Issues of Reliability and Directional Bias in Standardized Achievement Tests: The Case of Mat70. P-5689.
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Barker, Pierce; Pelavin, Sol H. – 1976
This study was mounted to assess the validity of standard score transformations of raw test scores and test bias on the 1970 edition of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery, in the context of a controversial federally funded compensatory education program, the Educational Voucher Demonstration (EVD). On an individual level the validity of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education