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Peer reviewedSerow, Ann G. – Social Studies, 1986
This article notes that the May 1987 release of the College Board's advanced placement exam in American government gives high school social studies departments good reason to reassess and improve their advanced placement programs. It shows how Alexis de Toqueville's classic 1935 work, "Democracy in America," may be used as a central…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Citizenship, Civics
Download full textCook, Linda L.; And Others – 1990
The equating of reasonably parallel forms of College Board Achievement Tests in biology, chemistry, mathematics level II, American history and social studies, and French is discussed. Results of the following five equating methods are compared: (1) Tucker; (2) Levine equally reliable; (3) Levine unequally reliable; (4) frequency estimation…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry
