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Tuinman, Jaap; Kendall, Janet Ross – 1980
The second British Columbia (B.C.) Reading Assessment was conducted in the spring of 1980 to evaluate the reading skills of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. The four areas of reading achievement measured were word attack, word meaning, passage comprehension, and applied reading/study skills. A panel of evaluators included educators and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Rock, Donald A.; And Others – 1995
This report documents the development and validation of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) cognitive test battery. The cognitive test battery assesses growth between grades 8 and 12 in the content areas of reading comprehension, mathematics, science, and history/citizenship/geography. The battery was part of the NELS:88…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bayesian Statistics, Citizenship Education


