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Download full textKoretz, Daniel; And Others – 1993
Patterns of nonresponse, representing items not reached by test takers or omitted because of difficulty, were addressed for all three age groups (grade 4, grade 8, and grade 12) taking the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The analysis considered nonresponse rates for each item in the seven blocks of items on which reported…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8
Wang, Xiaoping; Maxey, James – 1995
This study focused on gender differences in scores on the American College Testing Program (ACT) assessment in mathematics for a large sample of U.S. high school graduates (over 1,700,000) and a sample of 321 Chinese twelfth graders. A smaller gender difference was found for the Chinese sample than for the U.S. sample. However, a similar pattern…
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Payne, Oscar L. – 1992
Using the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, this study examined the effects of 11 learning strategies variables, ability, and gender on the verbal and mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of approximately 300 black high school seniors. The students took the SAT during the fall of the 1989-90 school year. Learning…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Grade 12
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1996
In 1995, the American College Testing (ACT) Program conducted a study of the effects of using a calculator in its ACT Assessment and PLAN mathematics tests taken by approximately 38,000 students. Whether there would be changes in the PLAN and ACT score scales as a result of permitting calculator use on the mathematics tests was explored with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Calculators, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups
Payne, Oscar L. – 1992
The Multidimensional Motivation Instrument and the Classroom Environment Scale were used to examine the effects of the variables motivation (achievement motivation, academic self-concept, social self-concept, and emotional self-concept) and the classroom learning environment (involvement, affiliation, teacher support, task orientation, order and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Ability
Wing, Cliff W., Jr.; And Others – 1989
The relationship between gender and the race/geographic area of students and their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score gains after participation in one of two test preparatory programs was studied. Black (n=181) and native-born Appalachian white (n=67) high school juniors were selected on the basis of high scores on the California Achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
