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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office. – 1986
This publication presents assessments of trends in the educational achievement of elementary and secondary school students. In light of the heightened reliance on achievement tests a careful appraisal of recent trends in scores has important ramifications for educational policy. This study assesses test score trends and offers some insights on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Blacks
Stenner, A. Jackson; And Others – 1978
Three assumptions underlying the use of norm referenced tests are examined: (1) that expressing treatment effects in a standard score metric permits aggregation of effects across grades; (2) commonly used standardized tests are sufficiently comparable to permit aggregation of results across tests; and (3) the summer loss of achievement observed in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
