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Peer reviewedBoldt, R. F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Equated Scores, National Norms, Raw Scores
Download full textAnderson, Patricia S. – 1986
The Council of Chief State School Officers has raised some issues pertinent to the implementation of a national project to collect statistical indicators of academic achievement and to compare them across states. The United States Department of Education shares this concern, with an emphasis on sampling schools for a school level analysis which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
Lanese, James F. – 1991
A study involving all students taking the California Achievement Test (CAT) in the Cleveland City School District (Ohio) during the fall of 1989 was conducted to assess the effects of the use of parallel test forms. Each spring, all students in grades 4, 6, and 8 are selected to take the appropriate level of the CAT reading test, Form E. As a…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Equated Scores
Slaughter, Helen B.; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1978
Concern was expressed for the possible effects of testing Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students with norm-referenced tests that may be so difficult that many students will have scores in the chance range. The likelihood of such students obtaining equal scaled scores if they were tested with easier out-of-level tests was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth, Equated Scores
