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Peer reviewedFreeman, Donald J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
This investigation attempts to determine if the congruity in textbook-test content varies as a function of different styles of textbook use. Across all standardized tests, instructional validity of the five styles of textbook use was far lower for the management-by-objectives model than for any other styles. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedPhillips, S. E.; Mehrens, William A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1988
The impact of different elementary school curricula (grades three and six) on standardized achievement test scores at item and objective levels, and differences across curricula in generation of item factor loadings were studied. Specific and generally small differences in textbooks within a district were not significant. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education
Download full textManning, Maryann; And Others – 1986
The reading achievement test scores of 239 low-income, southern, urban black students in grades three through eight were compared with their ability to comprehend the social studies books used in their classrooms. Achievement scores were obtained from the reading subtests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. A cloze passage was developed based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Students, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education
