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Pena, Elizabeth D.; Quinn, Rosemary – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
Two studies compared the performance of Puerto Rican and African American Head Start children (total n=134) on familiar (description) and unfamiliar (one word labeling) test tasks. Results indicated children performed better on the familiar test task, which was also more sensitive in differentiating typically developing children from those with…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disability Identification, Familiarity, Language Impairments

Taylor, R. M. – School Science Review, 1990
Compared are the levels of attainment for the Science in the National Curriculum assessment in Great Britain in 1989 and the performance of students on the application of science concepts part of the Assessment of Performance Unit-Science carried out in 1980-84. (KR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools