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Download full textBeck, Michael D. – 1975
A sizable representative subsample of the standardization group for the Metropolitan Achievement Tests participated in both the Fall and Spring standardization programs. Fall and Spring test records were matched for all such pupils and Fall-Spring "growth expectancies" were derived. Additionally, the sample was split into three subgroups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Growth Patterns, National Norms
Conklin, Jon – 1978
It is unsafe to estimate achievement test norms for fall testing by linear interpolation between norms for the previous spring testing and norms for the following spring. Second grade students were tested in reading and arithmetic in the fall and in the spring to provide pre-test and post-test data for evaluation of academic growth. Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
Ozenne, Dan G.; And Others – 1974
To meet several pre-evaluation goals of the national Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Evaluation study, the following activities that were undertaken are described: selection of an achievement measure; a pretest of this measure to assess student needs in schools eligible to receive funds under the Act (schools with a minority enrollment of 50…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Background, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences
