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Peer reviewedWick, John W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
Prior to 1975, students in Chicago Public Schools were assigned grade level tests, a practice that in 1974 resulted in 42 percent of the students scoring at the equivalent of a "chance" level. In 1975, the schools switched to functioning level testing. The change caused lower average test scores, but the percentage of chance scores…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement, Scores
