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ERIC Number: EJ378254
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Bias in Teachers' Special Education Decisions as a Function of Test Score Reporting Format.
Huebner, E. Scott
Journal of Educational Research, v81 n4 p217-20 Mar-Apr 1988
An investigation into classroom teachers' (N=51) reaction to test score reporting formats suggested that teachers more readily recommended children for special education classes when they evaluated percentile ranks than when they evaluated grade equivalents or standard scores. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Percentage, Scores, Special Education, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Student Placement, Teacher Attitudes, Test Interpretation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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