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Peer reviewedHoover, H. D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Grade equivalent (GE) scores for elementary school achievement tests are defended in response to efforts to ban their use. Equal interval developmental scoring methods for the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress and the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills are criticized. (BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores
