Examines the stability reliability for the Woodcock-Johnson-Revised (WJ-R) and the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement with approximately a two-week retest interval. Results indicate that across grade levels, the Broad Reading Cluster for the WJ-R remained the same. Most correlations for the clusters for mathematics and written language were…

The scores on cognitive tests and school examinations of approximately 110 Kenyan children aged 6-9 years were analyzed, and a model was formulated. Certain measures of biological development and grade level are important predictors of scores on higher order cognitive tests. Household socioeconomic status is also positively associated with…

Studied the relationship between reliability and assessment cost using two empirical examples to show that more than one combination of sources of error may result in a desired generalizability coefficient, and that it is possible to increase the number of observations while decreasing cost. The studies involved 50 undergraduates studying…

Analyzes the findings of J. Greene and data from Florida and suggests that the strong effects (significant improvement on test scores in schools threatened by vouchers) noted by Greene may actually be due in large part to sample selection, regression to the mean, and problems related to the aggregation of test score results. (Author/SLD)

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between participation in contrasting school music programs and standardized test scores. Relationships between elementary (third- or fourth-grade) students' academic achievement at comparable schools, but with contrasting music programs as to instructional quality, were…

A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF PRETESTING ORIENTATION UPON (1) STUDENTS' MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING TEST RESULTS AND (2) THE CHANGES IN ACCURACY OF SELF-ESTIMATES RESULTING FROM TEST INTERPRETATION. FIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY. TWO RECEIVED THE ORIENTATION TREATMENT, TWO THE ROUTINE…

This report describes two measuring instruments for determining social awareness and racial attitudes among primary grade children. The proximity test is based upon inferring the cognitive and affective distinctions and judgments which a child makes concerning people from how close together he clusters representational drawings of himself and of…

This book describes and evaluates an experiment to overcome fear and misunderstanding between races. The subjects were from four fourth grade and four fifth grade classes from two New York City schools, one predominantly white and the other predominantly Black. The experiment consisted of three full-day educational field trips. By controlling the…

A study was conducted to investigate the impact which certain cognitive styles or structures have in mediating the influence of aggressive television on young boys. The subjects were 143 boys, ranging in age from 5-1/2 to 8-1/2 years, attending elementary school in the Santa Monica area. During the first of two sessions, each child was…

Texas students have made extraordinarily large gains on statewide achievement tests, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), gains so dramatic that they have been dubbed the "Texas miracle." There is general agreement that these gains are attributable to the high stakes accountability system in Texas, but there is some question…

This study modeled school and district effects in the mathematics scores of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) using hierarchical linear modeling. Three-level hierarchical models were fitted to estimate school and district effects in the DSTP mathematics scores and to examine the school and district variance with variables assessing…

This report is designed for educators who are involved in teaching, developing, or evaluating curriculum in the elementary schools. It describes the content and application of Florida's fourth grade writing test, and it offers suggestions that might be helpful in preparing students for the assessment. The 1990 Florida legislature mandated the…

Describes the development of cognitive tests and their administration to four student populations in a cross-nation study on science achievement by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Included are illustrative items, a table of behavior-subject area grid, and test scores by countries. (CC)

Factors examined in this study indicate that group guidance experiences are an important agent of change in self concept, particularly in the way a person perceives how others see him. (RJ)