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Benchmarks for Expected Annual Academic Growth for Students in the Bottom Quartile of the Normative Distribution
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Nancy K. Scammacca; Anna-Mária Fall; Greg Roberts – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Effect sizes are commonly reported for the results of educational interventions. However, researchers struggle with interpreting their magnitude in a way that transcends generic guidelines. Effect sizes can be interpreted in a meaningful context by benchmarking them against typical growth for students in the normative distribution. Such benchmarks…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Achievement Gains, Statistical Distributions, Low Achievement
Benchmarks for Expected Annual Academic Growth for Students in the Bottom Quartile of the Normative Distribution
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Nancy K. Scammacca; Anna-Mária Fall; Greg Roberts – Grantee Submission, 2015
Effect sizes are commonly reported for the results of educational interventions. However, researchers struggle with interpreting their magnitude in a way that transcends generic guidelines. Effect sizes can be interpreted in a meaningful context by benchmarking them against typical growth for students in the normative distribution. Such benchmarks…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Pupil Norms or Norms for Building Averages: Which Are Most Appropriate for Reporting Building Data and Other Summary Data?
Drahozal, Edward C. – 1986
This paper argues that the standard "When it is expected that a test will be used to make norm-referenced assessments of groups rather than individuals, normative data based on appropriate group statistics should be provided," which was considered secondary in the 1985 "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Point Average