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Direct linkBradbury, Alice – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
Despite decades of research and debate, the issue of unequal outcomes continues to be a concern in educational systems worldwide. In England, published data relating to pupils' attainment across ethnic groups and by class indicators has been used to demonstrate continued inequalities in schools. This article attempts to deconstruct the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedPasewark, Richard A.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Intelligence Tests, Mild Mental Retardation, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedCull, John G.; Hardy, Richard E. – Journal of Psychology, 1980
Findings indicated that the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Revised Beta Examination should be administered as part of a battery to disabled students in special education rehabilitation units. It was concluded that this procedure would be more economical than administering the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Comparative Testing, Disabilities
Colbert, Kent R. – 1987
A study examined whether intercollegiate debating enhances the critical thinking ability of participants and investigated whether users of the two existing styles--National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)--differed significantly from each other and from nondebaters in their critical thinking skills. Four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Debate
DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1966
RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE ON TEST TAKING AND THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN INITIAL TESTING (PRACTICE) AND RETESTING (SEE ALSO VT 003 819). THE DESIGN INVOLVED TESTING A SAMPLE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY EMPLOYEES WITH THE GENERAL APTITUDE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Employees, Employment Services
Download full textKarma, Kai – 1975
This report is the second part of a study designed to construct a test for measuring musical aptitude of persons from various age groups. It covers the construction of the test, material, item analysis, reliability, validity, and possible future steps. The test is composed of musical recordings, determined from pilot studies, that the test groups…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Fine Arts
Planning Research Corp., Washington, DC. – 1967
THIS SUMMARY OF SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS IS FROM A MAJOR REPORT TITLED "A STUDY OF THE FULL-YEAR 1966 HEAD START PROGRAMS." THE STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN ON FIVE TESTS AND RATING SCALES IS RELATED TO THE LENGTH OF THE 1966 FULL-YEAR PROGRAM WHICH THEY ATTENDED. FULL-YEAR PROGRAMS WERE CLASSED AS SHORT…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth
Bayless, D. L.; And Others – 1974
Raw scores on most standardized educational and psychological assessment instruments acquire meaning only when referenced to a set of norms. Test publishers should clearly describe their norming procedures, including the target population and the sample on which the norms are based. The primary purpose of this report is to illustrate some of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Testing, Measurement Techniques, National Norms
Durost, Walter N. – 1971
The New Hampshire statewide testing program was implemented to provide a data base for the evaluation of the effectiveness of Title I projects as required by Federal law. To accomplish this objective, achievement and intelligence tests were administered to children in Title I projects and regular programs in four elementary grades--2, 4, 6 and 8.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education
Pike, Gary; Banta, Trudy W. – 1989
The purpose of this paper is (1) to discuss a set of standards that can be used to evaluate potential assessment instruments; and (2) to use these standards to evaluate the American College Testing Program's College Outcomes Measures Program (ACT-COMP) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Academic Profile. Using the work of S. Messick (1975,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, College Seniors, Comparative Testing
Ikpa, Vivian W. – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2004
As the nation celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the 1954 Brown Decision, it is important to examine the achievement gap between children attending resegregated public schools and their counterparts attending integrated schools. The achievement gap is directly impacted by four specific interdependent types of deficits: moral, human capital,…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, School Districts, Achievement Gap, Academic Standards
Nandakumar, Ratna – 1992
The phenomenon of simultaneous differential item functioning (DIF) amplification and cancellation and the role of the SIBTEST computer program in detecting it were studied. A variety of simulated test data was generated for this purpose. In addition, the following real test data were used: (1) American College Testing program data for 2,115 males…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Testing, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
Peer reviewedMason, Elizabeth M.; Wenck, L. Stanley – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
Cognitive differences between 987 LD children and 178 EH children in public schools on a psychoeducational assessment battery were studied, and differences in factor structure were investigated. Caution is suggested in interpreting the results of multivariate statistical analyses, which indicated heterogeneity in the matrices of LD and EH…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
Coffman, William E. – 1978
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were administered to over 600 black and white students in grades six through nine, to determine if the test showed bias against minorities. Outliers were identified from test results. Outliers are items which differ from the central core of test items because they fall outside the range expected from a random…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Black Students, Comparative Testing
