Data gathered from 351 students administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Education (WISC-III) were used to analyze the 30-second interval performance on the Coding subtest. Results based on both IQ and special-education classification revealed no significant difference in performance. Cautions regarding the diagnostic use of…

Data from a study of teacher-bias and teacher-expectancy effects on elementary school students' achievement test performance are presented. Analysis of the data revealed that the teacher-bias manipulation had no effect and that the teacher-expectancy manipulation was strongly related to test performance. (Author/RC)

To test the hypothesis that common responses will tend to predominate initially with unique or original responses occurring more often later in a sequence of responses, 56 protocols from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were examined. Both a figural and a verbal form were administered following prescribed directions to children in the…

This paper reports an investigation into the ability of a group of primary grade children to produce plural forms of selected types of real and nonsense words. (Authors)

Presents results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2000 Science Assessment and compares them with 1996 results. Between 1996 and 2000, there was no statistically significant difference observed in the average science scores of fourth or eighth grade students. (SLD)

Places the 1992-1996 gain in mathematics scores from Texas on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from fourth to eighth grades, asserting that the so-called miracle in Texas looks much like the median elsewhere. Texas ranks 17th among the 35 states and 2 districts with NAEP scores for the period, but Texas is no worse than most…

Studied the effects of overlapping some test items across consecutive test levels by using overlapping and nonoverlapping items with 834 prematched and 782 matched elementary school students and focusing on whether there is an effect on achievement test scores due to item familiarization. No effects were detected. (SLD)

Describes fourth graders' performance on 30 questions from the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1998 Civics Assessment, showing questions answered correctly by at least 75%, more than 50%, more than 25%, and fewer than 25%. Includes samples of students' written responses. (Author/SLD)

Background: The behavioural and academic performance of young children with teachers' reported hyperactivity, conduct problems or inattention is under debate. Aim: This study investigates the associations between teachers' reported behavioural difficulties and academic and cognitive performances in two large samples of preschool and school…

Two predictions related to educational performance are examined in this experiment: (1) Competitive treatments increase classroom performance and interest on a power test; and (2) game-like competition is as effective as reward competition in increasing classroom performance and interest on a power test. 1,035 fifth and sixth graders from 36…

The Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Man Test (DAM) and either the WISC or Stanford-Binet (S-B) were administered to 158 normal'' children. Discrepancy scores between the DAM and the S-B or WISC indicated that the DAM IQ tends to be below, at times considerably, IQs obtained from individual scales. Moreover, the DAM seemed to be virtually useless in…

Out-of-level'' testing is the assigning of pupils to levels of a standardized test on the basis of previous test scores rather than their present grade assignment. Test results of 1500 children were reviewed to see if their performance supported the rationale behind the practice. (Author/CB)

Title I provides extra instructional services designed to raise achievement for low-performing students in schools with relatively high poverty rates, and for all students in many of the nation's highest-poverty schools. To learn more about how well Title I students are performing academically, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) compared…

This study investigated how the 1998 Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) achievement test scores of retained students in third grade (15% of students tested), sixth grade (10%), and eighth grade (4.6%) affect the citywide results in those grades and in subsequent grades. In third, sixth, and eighth grades, when the scores of retained students are…