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Achievement Testing in the No Child Left Behind Era: The Arkansas Benchmark
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Hall, John D.; Howerton, D. Lynn; Jones, Craig H. – Research in the Schools, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act and the accountability movement in public education caused many states to develop criterion-referenced academic achievement tests. Scores from these tests are often used to make high stakes decisions. Even so, these tests typically do not receive independent psychometric scrutiny. We evaluated the 2005 Arkansas…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Achievement Tests, High Stakes Tests, Public Education
Differences in Reading and Math Achievement Test Scores for Students Experiencing Academic Difficulty.
Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Research in the Schools, 1996
Implications of the relationships among mathematics and reading achievement tests scores uncovered by testing 366 elementary school students with academic difficulties are discussed. Tests are the: (1) KeyMath-Revised (J. Connolly, 1988); (2) Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised (F. Markwardt, 1989); (3) Wechsler Individual Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Locus of Control, Social Interdependence, Academic Preparation, Age, Study Time, and the Study Skills of College Students.
Jones, Craig H.; Slate, John R.; Marini, Irmo – Research in the Schools, 1995
The relationship of students' study skills to their locus of control, social interdependence, academic preparation, age, and study time was studied with 266 college students. Study skills were related to locus of control, age, expected course grade, and study time. The need to address attitudinal and motivational variables in study skills programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, College Students, Grades (Scholastic)
Gender Differences in Achievement Scores on the Metropolitan Achievement Test-6 and the Stanford Achievement Test-8.
Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H.; Turnbough, Rose; Bauschlicher, Lynn – Research in the Schools, 1994
Gender differences in scores on the Metropolitan Achievement Test (secondary students) and Stanford Achievement Test (elementary school students) were studied with 844 white students in Mississippi. Results are consistent with other recent research in which females outperformed males, supporting the contention that gender differences favoring…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Secondary School Students