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Download full textWang, Chen-Shih; Ackerman, Terry – 1994
Passages used in the Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) reading test are intact pieces of literature, stories, and essays that match classroom reading assignments and typical student reading experiences. There are 15 testlets, each containing 5 items, associated with each passage. Each testlet requires students to demonstrate various levels…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Bolt, Daniel; Ackerman, Terry – 1994
The 1993 Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) Reading Tests measured reading comprehension using both narrative and expository reading passages. Noticeable differences in mean scaled scores occurred depending on whether the 1993 results were equated back to the 1992 narrative test or the 1993 expository test (Hsu and Ackerman, 1994). In an…
Descriptors: Achievement, Context Effect, Correlation, Educational Objectives
