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Koon, Sharon; Petscher, Yaacov – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
The purpose of this report was to explicate the use of logistic regression and classification and regression tree (CART) analysis in the development of early warning systems. It was motivated by state education leaders' interest in maintaining high classification accuracy while simultaneously improving practitioner understanding of the rules by…
Descriptors: Classification, Regression (Statistics), Models, At Risk Students
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Vanderwood, Michael L.; Tung, Catherine Y.; Checca, C. Jason – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
The predictive validity and accuracy of an oral reading fluency (ORF) measure for a statewide assessment in English language arts was examined for second-grade native English speakers (NESs) and English learners (ELs) with varying levels of English proficiency. In addition to comparing ELs with native English speakers, the impact of English…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Accuracy, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
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Giessman, Jacob A.; Gambrell, James L.; Stebbins, Molly S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2013
The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Second Edition (NNAT2), is used widely to screen students for possible inclusion in talent development programs. The NNAT2 claims to provide a more culturally neutral evaluation of general ability than tests such as Form 6 of the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT6), which has Verbal and Quantitative batteries in…
Descriptors: Gifted, Identification, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
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Proger, Barton B.; and Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis, Grade 2, Grade 4
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Hintze, John M.; Silberglitt, Benjamin – School Psychology Review, 2005
The purpose of this study was to compare different statistical and methodological approaches to standard setting and determining cut scores using R-CBM and performance on high-stakes tests. One thousand seven hundred and sixty-six students were followed longitudinally from first through third grades using R-CBM benchmark assessment. In addition,…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, High Stakes Tests, Standard Setting, Clinical Diagnosis
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Donaldson, Morag L. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Investigates the relative influences of medium and context variables by comparing seven- and eight-year-old children's spoken and written explanations in varying contexts: a story task, a question task, a sentence completion task, and a whole sentence production task. Findings reveal the significant influence of context as compared to medium on…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
Shearer, Arleen P. – 1979
Second grade good readers (N=46) and fourth grade good and poor readers (N=46; N=48) were subjects in a study that examined linguistic cue usage by good and poor readers in a Southern metropolitan area. A secondary purpose was to compare the standard and phoneme cloze procedures with oral miscue analysis. The subjects were identified as good or…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis
Marliave, Richard; And Others – 1977
Records kept by teachers and data collected by trained observers were examined as alternatives for measuring allocated and engaged instructional time in elementary school classes. The teacher ratings of student engagement did not correlate with observer ratings of engagement, but a high correlation between teacher ratings of engagement and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Span, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques