Establishing the Credibility of Test Results.

LeMahieu, Paul G.; Wallace, Richard C., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ327939

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1985

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Establishing the Credibility of Test Results.

LeMahieu, Paul G.; Wallace, Richard C., Jr.

Educational Leadership, v43 n2 p60-62 Oct 1985

Responding to doubts about the validity of test results that showed the Pittsburgh School District's school improvement project to be highly successful, the district validated its results by administering a different test to a representative sample of students in secure conditions. (MCG)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Institutional Advancement, Program Validation, Sampling, School Effectiveness, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Achievement Tests

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