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Peer reviewedTrentham, Landa L. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Peer reviewedMcDaniel, Ernest; Pietras, Thomas – Research in the Teaching of English, 1972
The results of a creative writing survey among sixth grade disadvantaged pupils indicate that conventional test scores help identify given levels of developed skills, and such skills are related to effective writing. (Author/NL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedStokes, Elizabeth H.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, and the revised form of that measure, were administered to a sample of sixth grade pupils. Although the correlation between measures was high, scores on the revised form were significantly lower. (JKS)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Error of Measurement, Grade 6
Download full textSikka, Anjoo – 1992
Sixty fourth, fifth, and sixth grade African American students (37 males and 23 females) at a public school in northeast Mississippi were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking--Figural Form A (TTCT). Subjects were from 9 to 13 years old. The TTCT consists of 3 subtests: (1) picture construction (1 stimulus); (2) picture completion…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Testing, Creative Thinking
Coffman, William E. – 1978
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills were administered to over 600 black and white students in grades six through nine, to determine if the test showed bias against minorities. Outliers were identified from test results. Outliers are items which differ from the central core of test items because they fall outside the range expected from a random…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Black Students, Comparative Testing
