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ERIC Number: EJ360930
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Norm-Referenced Tests: Are They Valid for Use with Handicapped Students?
Fuchs, Douglas; And Others
Exceptional Children, v54 n3 p263-71 Nov 1987
This study analyzed user manuals and technical supplements of 27 aptitude and achievement tests to determine whether disabled children were included in development of the tests' norms, items, reliability indices, and validity indices. Most test developers provided scant evidence that their tests were valid for use with disabled students. (JDD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Norm Referenced Tests, Test Construction, Test Items, Test Manuals, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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