ERIC Number: ED150372
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Apr
Pages: 14
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A Comparison of Grade Level Scores on the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS).
Myers, Douglas D.
Regression analysis was employed to determine if there were any similarities between the tests administered to participants of the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The study compared the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) which was used in the selection process to the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) which was administered after the students arrived at Mountain-Plains in order to measure their educational level in various areas. The results of the study concluded that there was a great deal of similarity between the two measures and that the effectiveness of the WRAT for selection purposes was reinforced. (Author/BM)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Programs, Federal Programs, Individualized Programs, Residential Programs, Selection, Student Placement, Test Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT.
Identifiers - Location: Idaho; Montana; Nebraska; North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
