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Download full textFuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1985
This article presents a meta-analysis of the effects of examiner familiarity/unfamiliarity on children's performance during individual testing. Data came from 22 controlled studies involving 1489 subjects. In a typical study, the effect of examiner familiarity raised test performance by .35 standard deviations. Differential performance favoring…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Disabilities, Effect Size, Examiners
Peer reviewedFuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Review of Educational Research, 1986
Based on data from 22 controlled studies, this article presents a meta-analysis of the effects of examiner familiarity on children's test performance. It was found that examiner familiarity raised scores especially when subjects were: (1) of low socioeconomic status; (2) tested on difficult tests; and (3) knew the examiner for a long duration.…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education
Fuchs, Douglas – 1985
This article presents a quantitative synthesis of examiner familiarity effects on Caucasian and minority students' test performance. Fourteen controlled studies were coded in terms of methodological quality (high vs. low) and race-ethnicity (Caucasian vs. Black and Hispanic). An analogue to analysis of variance conducted on weighted unbiased…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Blacks, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education
