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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"achievement testing"”.
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An Examination of Standardized Language, Mathematics, and Reading Achievement Testing Results when Compared for Middle School Aged Student Leaders and Non-Student Leaders
… earned scores on their annual standardized achievement testing, particularly the Terra Nova II Multiple Assessments subtests in the areas of Language, Mathematics, and Reading. The investigator wanted to determine if demonstrating and applying leadership abilities, competencies, qualities, …
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Student Learning Style Preferences and Performance on Standardized Achievement Tests
… and performance on standardized tests of achievement. Procedure. The Learning Style Inventory and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development were administered to ninth and eleventh grade students at Titonka Consolidated School. A Pearson product-moment correlation was computed for sixteen …
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A Model That Combines IRT and Latent Class Models
… Hybrid model is most applicable in the so-called achievement testing, diagnostic testing, and mastery testing environment, and it is applicable even in some "ability tests" as long as a unique understanding or misunderstanding of the examinee can be characterized by a particular response pattern.
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The Influence of Teachers' Instructional Practices on Student Motivation in Different Assessment Contexts
… educational policy mandates annual standardized achievement testing for students beginning in third grade. Standardized tests are considerably different from regular classroom assessments in format, usage, and meaning. Therefore, teachers are likely to approach the preparation for standardized …
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Evaluation of educational strategies for litter control
… of the program and consisted of student achievement testing in terms of knowledge about solid waste management and the assessment of actual student behavior. Specifically, the data was analyzed according to the factorial design: 3 Grade (First, Fourth, Sixth) x 3 Curriculum Condition …
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The Stalled Race to Close Literacy Achievement Gaps: Federally Legislating Public Education
Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps remain stagnant in public school education, even though federal involvement was initiated to create an equal system for all and to help the most vulnerable students. Focusing on literacy, a historical lens was used to assess that similar strategies …
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College students' achievement and understanding of experimental and theoretical probability : the role of tasks
ABSTRACTCOLLEGE STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PROBABILITY: THE ROLE OF TASKSByIrini PapaieronymouThis study examined the role of particular tasks implemented through two instructional methods on college students' achievement and understanding of …
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A Correlation Study of the Sixth Grade Verbal School and College Ability Test with Eighth Grade Reading Achievement
It was the purpose of this study to compare the test scores of one group of children who took the verbal ability section of the sixth grade School and College Ability Test (SCAT) with the test scores of the same group of children on the eighth grade reading Sequential Test of Educational Progress …
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A Quantitative Study of Career and Technical Education Curricula and Student Achievement
… are faced with pressure to improve the student achievement. High-stakes testing performance is a central method schools utilize to demonstrate adequate student achievement and school quality. This quantitative study analyzed high school students undergoing Career and Technical Education (CTE) …
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The Effects of Frequency of Testing on College Students in a Principles of Marketing Course
… (a) to determine if there is a difference in achievement between students given weekly tests (experimental group) and students given monthly tests (control group), (b) to determine if there is a difference in knowledge retention between students given weekly tests and students given monthly …
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Teacher Beliefs About the Outcomes of High-Stakes Testing and Measurement-Driven Instruction in Virginia's Public Schools
… opinions about Virginia's Standards of Learning testing program and five variables related to teachers' backgrounds and present working conditions were examined in the context of five dependent variables represented as discrete domains. A systematic sample of 464 members of the Virginia Education …