Growth Expectations for Low-Achieving Students: A Reply to Yen.

Hoover, H. D.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Growth Expectations for Low-Achieving Students: A Reply to Yen.

Hoover, H. D.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v7 n4 p21-23 Win 1988

Developmental standard score scales produce unrealistic expectations for growth of low-achieving students only if the low-achieving students are tested in an inappropriate way. Examples illustrate the unrealistic nature of such score scales when applied to the testing of learning disabled and Chapter One students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Scaling, Scoring, Testing Problems

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1

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