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Kagitcibasi, Cigdem; Biricik, Duygu – Intelligence, 2011
In 1977 Draw-a-Person test was administered to fifth grade school children in a city and its surrounding rural villages in Turkey. In 2010, more than thirty years later, the test was administered again to a corresponding group of fifth grade children in the same locations. It is rare that we get scores from the "same" population over a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Grade 5
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Span, Christopher; Rivers, Ishwanzya D. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Using data from the Digest of Educational Statistics, this article argues that an intergenerational comparison is a more productive, progressive method to interpret data used to gauge the achievement gap. It applies this method by comparing the academic achievement scores and educational outcomes of African Americans over a nearly 70-year period,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Outcomes of Education, National Competency Tests