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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Stanford Achievement Test"”.
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An Investigation of the Test/Retest Stability of the Stanford Achievement Test
This study investigated the stability of three subtests of the Stanford Achievement Test. It further analyzed reliability and validity assessment of standardized tests in general, with particular emphasis on their measurement of reading ability. It clarified the position of stability assessment …
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The Effects of Revised Language on the Performance of Nine to Fourteen Year Old Deaf Students on the Stanford Achievement Test
… old deaf students with regard to specific subtests of the Stanford Achievement Test. An experimental design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 31 severely or profoundly deaf students, ranging in age from 9 to 14 years, who were enrolled at a residential school for the deaf. The …
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A study in correlation multi-mental scale-Stanford revision Binet scale and Stanford achievement test. Grades 4-5-6 Lawrence public schools
Thesis (M.S.Ed.)--University of Kansas, Education, 1927.
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The Relationship between Environmental Awareness and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Children
… environment and the students' level of academic achievement. Utilizing a Pearson product-moment coefficient, student responses on a researcher-prepared Likert-type scale were correlated with the Normal Curve Equivalency Score for the reading portion of the Stanford Achievement Test. Analysis of …
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A Quasi-Experimental Study to Determine the Effect of Daily Oral Language on First Graders' Editing Skills
… a daily basis; the other classroom did not. The Stanford Achievement Test-9 was administered at the beginning of the school year to determine students' overall reading abilities. DOL tests were administered to both classes in January and May to determine the students' grammatical and mechanical …
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The Effect of Listening Skills Instruction on Listening Comprehension
… was a difference in the listening comprehension achievement scores of students who received listening skills instruction, and students who received traditional instruction only. Two fifth grade intact classrooms were used as the sample. The subjects consisted of 25 students in one class (control …
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The Effects of a Middle School Magnet Program on Eighth Grade Student Performance
… environment as well as increasing academic achievement. The purpose of the causal-comparative study was to determine if the math and science magnet program at a middle school affected achievement, attendance, and parent perceptions. This study conducted three different analyses. A chi square …
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The Effect of the Touch Math Method on Student Achievement: an Experimental Study
… would have an effect upon the mathematical achievement of third grade students. Two intact classrooms were used in the study, one receiving the Touch Math method of instruction along with traditional assignments and the other receiving only traditional instructions. The Swassing-Barbe …
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The Effects of Early Entrance to Kindergarten on Reading Achievement
… effects of kindergarten entrance age on reading achievement scores at the end of first and sixth grade. The subjects in. this study were one hundred nineteen first grade students and ninety sixth grade students attending classes at the Albion Central School, a small rural district located in …
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Should Modality Be a Consideration in the Selection of an Approach to Beginning Reading?
… strength as determined by an informal modality test. In their kindergarten year, 60 middle-class children with at least average intelligence were given three readiness tests, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Metropolitan Readiness Tests, and an informal modality test. Children were grouped …
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The Effect of Thinking Maps® Instruction on the Achievement of Fourth-Grade Students
… program, a series of graphic organizers, on the achievement of fourth-grade students as measured by a standardized test. The researcher used a nonequivalent pretest-post test control group design to compare student achievement between fourth-grade students in two elementary schools within a …
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Field Dependence/Independence and the Effect of a Multi-Level Reading Guide on the Content Area Comprehension of Eighth Grade Social Studies Students
… IQ, field dependence/independence and reading achievement, and field dependence/independence and the effect of a multi-level reading guide on reading comprehension. A sample population of forty-nine eighth grade students was given the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), a measure of field …
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Academic optimism and organizational climate: an elementary school effectiveness test of two measures
… principal leadership, teacher professionalism, achievement press for students to perform academically, and vulnerability to the community (Hoy et al., 2002). An examination was conducted on each framework. Their relationship was tested and analyzed how they would predict overall effectiveness …
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Effects of the Wisconsin Reading Design Comprehension Program on Reading Achievement and Self-Concept of Sixth Grade Students
… describe the effects of the program on reading achievement and self-concept of sixth grade students.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> This was a quasi-experimental study using a parametric technique. One-way multi-variate analysis of covariance and two-way univariate analysis of covariance were used to …
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The Effect of Self-Concept on Math Achievement in Fourth Grade Students
… is a correlation between self-concept and math achievement on a standardized test for a heterogeneous group of forty-eight fourth grade students. Also studied were the relationships of self-concept and math achievement on students from single parent homes and students from two-parent households …
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Teaching with Cloze: Its Effect on the Reading Comprehension of Poor Readers
… and control groups on a standardized reading achievement test. Five subskills of comprehension measured by this test were identified and analyzed to determine which subskill areas were affected by the use of cloze. A secondary purpose was to determine whether poor readers increased in ability …
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A Comparison of Academic Achievement of Economically Disadvantaged Elementary Students Served in Title I Part A Programs: Targeted Assistance Versus Schoolwide Models
This study analyzed test scores of economically disadvantaged students who attended two elementary schools implementing different types of Title I models from 1999-2001. Test scores from the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Stanford …
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A comparison of Tennessee elected and appointed school superintendents on selected demographic and school system variables
… 96 percent in each category responded. The t-Test was utilized to determine if there were significant differences in the pupil/teacher ratios, professional salaries, and per pupil expenditures for Tennessee school systems with elected and appointed superintendents. The Mann-Whitney U-Test was …
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AMSTI mathematics in grades 4 and 5: student achievement and teacher perceptions
… Concerns with the deficiencies of student achievement in mathematics have prompted reform efforts. This study investigated one reform effort called the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI). Quantitative data were collected from the results of Stanford Achievement Test …
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