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History. Annotated Bibliography of Tests.
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Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1990
The 17 tests cited in this bibliography are used to assess students' knowledge of world history, western civilization, and Canadian history. United States history is not covered by these tests. Many of the tests measure acquired knowledge of geography, history, government, art, literature, and the customs of different world civilizations. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Change in Intelligence and Academic Skills of Grades Four and Seven Pupils Over a Twenty-Year Period.
Randhawa, Bikkar S. – 1980
Scores on mental ability and academic skills for 1958 and 1978 of representative sample of grade 4 and 7 classes in Saskatchewan were compared. The selected students were administered appropriate levels of the Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Tests, and the Canadian Tests of Basic skills in vocabulary, reading, language skills (spelling, capitalization,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Correlation
Construct Validity and Other Evidence on the Canadian Tests of Basic Skills for a Large Sample of Grade 10 Students.
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Randhawa, Jason S. – 1989
The present study, using a sample of 1,491 grade 10 students from a mid-western province in Canada, examined the validity evidence on the Canadian Tests of Basic Skills. Factor analysis of the 34 micro-skills (content by skill/process classification of items) of the four tests indicated that the Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, and Using…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cognitive Tests, Construct Validity
Alberta Grade III Achievement Study. Fall 1978.
Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1978
As a companion project to the Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 Comparisons, this study had two purposes: to establish benchmarks of basic skills achievement and to compare the achievement of various subgroups. Third grade students in Alberta were administered the Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests--Vocabulary and Comprehension, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age, Arithmetic
Technical Report on Edmonton Grade III Achievement. 1956-1977 Comparisons. A Study Conducted for the Alberta Advisory Committee on Educational Studies.
Clarke, S. C. T.; And Others – 1978
The Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 study is a comparison of achievement in reading, arithmetic, and language involving all of the third grade students in a large school system. Six basic skills tests which were administered to all of the Edmonton third grade students in 1956 were reprinted and administered to all of the third grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills
Achievement in Basic Skills. A Longitudinal Evaluation of Pupil Achievement in Language Arts and Mathematics.
Hedges, H. G. – 1977
A longitudinal evaluation of language arts and mathematics achievement for grades 5 to 8 in the St. Catharines, Ontario school system over a forty-year span is presented. The comparison is based on three different studies conducted from 1933 to 1938, from 1952 to 1954, and from 1975 to 1977. Secondary contributions--the effects of changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Arithmetic
Measuring Achievement at the Primary and Junior Levels: An Analytical Review of Test Instruments Used in Evaluating Pupil Achievement and of Communicating Results to Parents.
Wahlstrom, Merlin W.; And Others – 1977
Evaluation instruments and current practices used in measuring achievement in Ontario, Canada elementary schools were examined. An analytical review of currently available achievement measures was made in relation to the objectives of "The Formative Years", a circular issued on the Ontario Minestry on Education. Results of item analyses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies