Download full textERIC Number: ED155211
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Publication Date: 1978-Mar
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Implications of Out-of-Level Testing for ESEA Title I Students.
Powers, Stephen; Gallas, Edwin J.
Fourth, seventh, and ninth grade students in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs were tested with the reading comprehension subtests of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, at each of two levels: on-level for each respective grade, and an easier out-of-level form. Approximately half of these students were found to be scoring at or below the chance level for the on-level tests. It was judged that in such circumstances it is preferable to use out-of-level tests, particularly at the seventh and ninth grade levels. (CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Compensatory Education, Difficulty Level, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores, Grade Equivalent Scores, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 9, Norm Referenced Tests, Norms, Raw Scores, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Scores, Standardized Tests, Test Interpretation, Test Reliability, Testing
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills
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