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Peer reviewedSchagen, Ian – Oxford Review of Education, 1994
Reports on an analysis of national assessment data on the academic achievement of 6,423 English and Welsh second-grade students. Uses multilevel modeling to explore the relationship between academic attainment and background variables. Finds a relationship between test scores and nursery school education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, English, Evaluation Research
Download full textGipps, Caroline; Goldstein, Harvey – 1984
New developments in testing in the United Kingdom (UK) since 1965 are described. Standardized testing at the local level declined dramatically with the widespread introduction of comprehensive secondary education. However, in the late 1970's widespread local testing programs were re-introduced for the purposes of monitoring student progress,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
