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Download full textGoolsby, Thomas M., Jr.
The relationship between total scores and interrelationships among certain similarly named subtests of the Metropolitan and Stanford Achievement Tests are considered. The correlation of total scores for the two batteries was .89, indicating that the batteries measure essentially the same things. If one were interested in selecting a battery to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Curriculum Evaluation, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedSwanson, Beverly – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The scores of a sample of 116 first-grade rural Georgia pupils from a reading attitude inventory were correlated .18 with the reading composite scores on the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Coefficients of .48 and .32 were found for females and blacks respectively. The low degree of correspondences limited practical significance. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Correlation, Primary Education
Gibbons, Michael – 1989
Achievement in reading and mathematics of students at elementary schools participating in the Columbus (Ohio) 1989 School Improvement Program (SIP) has improved for the seventh year in a row, but achievement of low income students remains below that of other students. The goal of SIP, an effective schools project, is to improve the academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationSchnee, Ronald G. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1974
Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) and Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Tests were administered to elementary school students of the Oklahoma City Public Schools. Results of the testing are presented in tables and consist of: elementary school test results as compared to the national means in reading, language, and mathematics; a comparison of scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Barker, Pierce; Pelavin, Sol H. – 1976
This study was mounted to assess the validity of standard score transformations of raw test scores and test bias on the 1970 edition of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery, in the context of a controversial federally funded compensatory education program, the Educational Voucher Demonstration (EVD). On an individual level the validity of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Mosher, Frederic A. – 1976
Focusing on the use of the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT) with Project Follow Through evaluations, this report represents an extended discussion of the appropriateness of standardized tests for evaluation and policy research. First, the development of the MAT and its roots in the Army Alpha intelligence test are described in detail. The next…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Compensatory Education
Kaskowitz, David H.; Norwood, Charles R. – 1977
Project Information Packages (PIPs) are informative kits that describe remedial educational programs and contain instructions for installing the projects in a new site. Six such PIPs were evaluated using a norm-referenced procedure applied to standardized test scores. Pretest scores were compared to posttest scores which were calculated according…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Demonstration Programs, Diffusion
