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ERIC Number: EJ535010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
Evaluating Subject Attainment in Secondary Schools without a Prior Measure of Pupil Potential.
Sharp, Stephen
Educational Studies, v22 n1 p111-124 Mar 1996
Summarizes an experiment that expanded the types of variables and approaches used in statistical analyses of subject attainment in secondary education. The experiment compared students' grades in a given subject with their expected grades based on performance in other subjects. Considers applications and limitations to this approach. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing, Tests
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Goldstein (H); Paterson (L)