This report examines both the substantiveness and statistical significance of differences between mean American College Testing (ACT) Program assessment scale scores. The first part of the report describes the development and results of a method for interpreting the substantiveness of mean differences in terms of test items correctly answered. For…

Using data from a national random sample of 16,685 high school seniors collected in 1972, 10 different grade average reporting systems were analyzed by means of a nonlinear least squares procedure. A grade conversion table was created by relating reported grade averages in all of the systems to common percentile ranks in class. It was suggested…

The report summarizes test performance for 771,031 high school students tested on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, (ASVAB) Form Two, during school year 1973-74, with separate normative tables provided by subtest, aptitude composite, grade, sex, and geographic region. New data are provided for ninth grade and post-high school students.…

A second follow-up of students in five cities in 1947 who had taken the Differential Aptitude Tests is reported. Questionnaires were sent out to 2,386 individuals, and replies were received from 1,430. Their Differential Aptitude Test scores were converted to standard scores with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, based upon the original…

Authors argued that changes in high-school characteristics like teacher experience, class size, and social composition are unlikely to change high-school effectiveness, and that holding schools accountable for one outcome is unlikely to guarantee effectiveness on another. (Editor/RK)

This study examined Texas public school participation and performance in the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs during the 2000-2001 school year. The number of Texas AP and IB examinees was higher than in previous years, as well as the number of schools with AP examinees. Participation rates for African Americans…

Students at 15 Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, (WCPSS) high schools took approximately 4,878 Advanced Placement (AP) examinations offered by the College Board in 2001-2002. With 20% of all juniors and seniors in the district taking at least one AP examination, the percent attaining a score of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale (the…

The study compared the driver licensing test performance of two groups of driver education students: those involved in North Carolina's multi-vehicle range program and students in the "30 and 6" program (30 hours of class instruction and six hours of "behind the whell" instruction). It evaluated the performance of 3,049 applicants (all aged 16 and…

This report examined Advanced Placement (AP) test results for the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) and a group of comparable districts that participate in the Educational Benchmarking Network (EBN). Students in WCPSS showed higher performance on AP examinations than students in North Carolina, the South, and all test-takers worldwide.…

This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) Examination results for the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina, in comparison with other large school systems, the state of North Carolina, the southern United States, and the entire United States. Participation of WCPSS students in AP testing has increased about 1% annually from…

The effect of the standardized test scores of transient students on the mean of the 9th, 10th, and 11th grade standardized test scores of a school was studied. The groups used in the study were grades 9, 10, and 11 at a new high school in Clarksburg (West Virginia). The study was conducted in the spring of 1998. Groups consisted of 204 9th…

The scores of students with disabilities who took the ACT Assessment at least twice, and at least once under extended-time guidelines, were studied. The investigation identified three groups of students. The first group was composed of 3,410 students who tested at least twice under extended-time guidelines. The second group of 3,439 students…

The participation and performance of 11th- and 12th-grade Texas public school district students on the College Entrance Examination Board's Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Organisation's programs during the 1999-2000 school year were studied. Results show the largest 1-year gains to date in the number of Texas Advanced Placement…