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Peer reviewedCummings, Oliver W.; Hoover, H. D. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1985
Presents a comparative review of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills--Mathematics and the Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test. Performance of fifth- and sixth-grade students (N=548) on the two batteries was also compared. Results indicated the two tests measure essentially the same mathematics skills. (JAC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary School Students
Cantor, Nancy K.; Hoover, H. D. – 1986
This paper isolates and examines separately three distinct sources of error in essay scores: lack of agreement between raters; inconsistencies in performance within mode of discourse, and inconsistencies in performance between modes of discourse. Essay prompts in the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Writing Supplement were designed to assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cues, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
Lewis, Janice; Hoover, H. D. – 1983
The records of graduates of Iowa high schools who entered the University of Iowa as freshmen in the fall of 1977 were secured in cooperation with the Iowa Testing Program. Test scores for grades 4, 6, and 8 on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and for grade 11 on the Iowa Tests of Educational Development were obtained for all students whose scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Freshmen, High Schools, Language Tests
Han, Lei; Hoover, H. D. – 1994
National standardization data were used to reexamine the evidence of gender differences in achievement test scores reported in previous studies. Changes in differences over time, from 1963 to 1992, were examined, as were differences across all grade and achievement levels. Subjects participated in Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), Iowa Tests of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Educational Trends
