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VanMetre, Jason Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Test Results, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests
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Pasewark, Richard A.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intelligence Tests, Mild Mental Retardation, Performance Factors
Smith, Stuart E.; Walker, William J. – 1984
This study was designed to examine student achievement in mathematics by means of curriculum-based tests. The results of the 1979 New York State Regents examination in Eleventh Grade Mathematics were obtained from a representative sample of schools throughout the state. The expectations were that there would be substantial differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Grade 11, High Schools
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Betz, Nancy E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
The effects of providing immediate feedback on an item-by-item basis to testees were investigated on several samples of undergraduates who were administered either adaptive or conventional tests. Results generally indicated that knowledge of results improved test performance. (JKS)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Feedback