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ERIC Number: ED155213
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Mar
Pages: 26
Abstractor: N/A
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Will Out-of Level Norm-Referenced Testing Improve the Selection of Program Participants and the Diagnosis of Reading Comprehension in ESEA Title I Programs?
Slaughter, Helen B.; Gallas, Edwin J.
Concern was expressed for the possible effects of testing Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I students with norm-referenced tests that may be so difficult that many students will have scores in the chance range. The likelihood of such students obtaining equal scaled scores if they were tested with easier out-of-level tests was discussed. In this study, two groups of sixth grade students were each tested with two levels of the California Achievement Test. One group took Level 16, on-level, and Level 15, an out-of-level test, while the other group took Level 16 and Level 14. The results are presented in tables. The author concludes that out-of-level testing of low achievers is, at best, a limited solution or stopgap measure to the pressing instrumentation problems in Title I evaluation. (CTM)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: California Achievement Tests
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