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Direct linkLyons, Douglas; Niblock, Andrew W. – Independent School, 2014
Independent schools are, for the most part, exempt from mandatory participation in standardized tests designed for state and federal comparisons, nor are they required to take part in comparative international assessments. The anxiety in the broader culture, however, is driving a growing interest among independent school parents (and prospective…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
Download full textPelavin, Sol H.; Barker, Pierce – 1976
A standardized achievement testing program was begun in Alum Rock, California in the fall of 1972 as part of an evaluation of an Educational Voucher Demonstration. During each of the first three years of the demonstration both the form of test administration and the particular level of the standardized achievement test that a student is assigned…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Examiners
Peer reviewedTulley, Michael A.; Farr, Roger – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines the validity of estimates of instructional reading level produced by the Reading Comprehension Test of the 1986 Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT). Compares reading level estimates provided by the MAT, basal reader placement tests, an informal reading inventory, and classroom teachers' judgments. Suggests that each method, because of…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Wasserman, Miriam – Urban Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Reading Tests, Test Reliability, Testing
Beggs, Donald L.; Mayer, G. Roy – 1970
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of intelligence test results communicated to teachers in various ways by elementary school counselors on (a) teachers' perceptions, and (b) subsequent student achievement and IQ scores. Teacher awareness of student IQ appeared not to influence, to a statistically significant degree, her…
Descriptors: Achievement, Counseling, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Crowder, Christopher R.; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978
Both on-level and out-of-level tests were administered to third and fifth grade children in order to compare the scaled scores of different level tests of the same testing program and to discover whether the relationship between levels might be distorted by ceiling or floor effects. Only reading tests were used in this study. The Stanford…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBalow, Bruce; And Others – Volta Review, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedIwanicki, Edward F. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1980
Five new test batteries are reviewed: California Achievement Tests, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Metropolitan Achievement Tests, SRA Achievement Series, and Sequential Tests of Educational Progress. The review covers six basic areas: test administration, norming, test scores, reporting and interpretation, aptitude test considerations, and general…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Bianchini, John C.; Loret, Peter G. – 1974
The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score on any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Equated Scores, Grade 4, Grade 5
Cruz, Sylvia; And Others – 1975
In a study designed to assess effects of administering the Metropolitan Reading Test (MRT) in Spanish versus English, 100 Puerto Rican kindergarten pupils were randomly split into two groups. The MRT was administered in English to one group and in a Spanish translation to the other group. The group who took the Spanish version significantly…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Kindergarten Children
PDF pending restorationSchnee, Ronald G. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1974
Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) and Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Tests were administered to elementary school students of the Oklahoma City Public Schools. Results of the testing are presented in tables and consist of: elementary school test results as compared to the national means in reading, language, and mathematics; a comparison of scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
