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Peer reviewedKarnes, Frances A.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The correlations between the scores on the 1966, 1973, and 1979 norms on Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices for 140 economically disadvantaged students in grades three and five were significantly high. It seems appropriate to use any of the three sets of norms with economically disadvantaged students. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Download full textPowers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J. – 1980
Test scores for fall and spring administrations for two consecutive years for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students in the Tucson Unified School District are presented and compared. The students were given out-of-level tests: the 138 seventh-grade students and 106 eighth-grade students were given Level 2 of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Testing, Junior High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
Echternacht, Gary – 1980
The Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) gain statistic is examined, and considerations for its interpretation are highlighted. The NCE gain is made up of an observed and an expected part. The observed score is the posttest result. The expected score can never be observed nor verified for any of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) models;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Keesling, J. Ward – 1984
The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) was developed in order to examine the extent to which Title I (now Chapter 1) is remediating the disadvantages in basic skills of educationally deprived children. TIERS Model A contrasts the achievement of Chapter 1 students to publishers' norms for hypothetically comparable groups of students.…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Pretests Posttests, Standardized Tests
Bunch, Michael B. – 1982
Research evidence relating to the utility of the RMC evaluation models of compensatory education employing non-normed tests is examined. The history and evolution of five early models into the current norm-referenced model utilizing a non-normed test (Model A2), non-normed versions of a comparison model (Model B2), and the regression model (Model…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationHansen, Joe B., Comp. – 1978
This report documents the activities of the technical committee formed to examine issues related to the norm-referenced model (RMC Model A) for evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs. Background information is provided on the committee's activities, purpose, and meetings; and the members are listed. The reports of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Advisory Committees, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Holmes, Susan E. – 1980
The Rasch model for test score equating was compared with three other equating procedures as methods for implementing the norm referenced method (RMC Model A) of evaluating ESEA Title I projects. The Rasch model and its theoretical limitations were described. The three other equating methods used were: linear observed score equating, linear true…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
