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Peer reviewedPort, Richard J. – Educational Perspectives, 1979
This study investigated the relationship between the achievement of tenth graders on the Hawaii State Test of Essential Competencies (HSTEC) and such variables as student socioeconomic status, family structure, ethnicity, previous educational experiences, types of schools attended, elementary grades, achievement test scores, and rate of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Basic Skills, Correlation, Family Characteristics
Duane, Rita M. – 1986
A study examined the characteristics that might be shared among tenth and eleventh grade students who fail the "New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Test" (MBS) in reading. The scores of 15 students in the graduating classes of 1986 and 1987 who had failed to attain the minimum score of 75 prior to remedial instruction were studied. The…
Descriptors: Age, Grade 10, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements
Carlson, Robert E. – 1986
Field tests of test items are useful in developing cutting scores for important tests, such as teacher certification examinations and high school graduation tests, because they indicate test item quality and estimate future examinee performance. However, field test data may provide a faulty indication of examinee performance on the real test.…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Item Analysis
