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Jolly, S. Jean; And Others – 1985
Scores from the Stanford Achievement Tests administered to 50,000 students in Palm Beach County, Florida, were studied in order to determine whether the speeded nature of the reading comprehension subtest was related to inconsistencies in the score profiles. Specifically, the probable effect of random guessing was examined. Reading scores were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Item Analysis
Download full textKerstiens, Gene – 1986
This study investigated the effect of timed testing on developmental students' scores and developed data that might better reveal students' reading and testing behaviors. Three tests were administered to provide six variables, including the Cooperative English Test, Form 1A (Coop 1A); Cooperative English Test, Form 1B (Coop 1B); and Degrees of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
Gabriel, Dennis; Richards, Irving – 1988
A study was conducted at Cuyahoga Community College to test the relationship between student scores on timed and untimed reading comprehension and vocabulary tests, and to investigate the relationship between those scores and intelligence. The study sample included 72 students enrolled in classes at developmental, freshman, and sophomore levels.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correlation, Intelligence Tests, Reading Comprehension
Immerman, Michael A. – 1980
To investigate the effect of time restraints on the diagnostic test scores of Native American students entering Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, two groups of students at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were given the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test, (Blue Level), 1977 edition. The test scores…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Comparative Analysis
Rudman, Herbert C.; Raudenbush, Stephen W. – 1988
A series of three studies was conducted to determine the effects of testing time above or below the recommended time on results of standardized achievement tests with a sample across all three experiments of 1,219 fifth graders in 59 classrooms in Lansing, Michigan. The first two studies considered the effects of increased time; the third explored…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Demography, Elementary School Students
Rudman, Herbert C.; Raudenbush, Stephen W. – 1987
This study is the second in a series designed to explore the probable consequences of exceeding the prescribed time limits in the administration of standardized achievement tests. This study considered whether the test user could apply norms that accompany the test if departures were made from established time limits, and whether increased testing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Decision Making, Demography
