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Standardized Tests for Middle School Science: What Do They Measure?

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Funk, H. James – School Science and Mathematics, 1977

Suggests criteria to be used in the selection of a standardized test. Analyzes 12 standardized middle school science tests according to the percentage of questions in each of Bloom's categories. (CP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High Schools, Science Education

Toward a New Cognitive Effects Battery for Project Head Start.

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Butler, John A. – 1974

In past Head Start evaluations, cognitive measures have been weighed heavily. This has not accurately reflected the relative unimportance of cognitive program goals; child performance gains are not an objective with high priority for most Head Start programs. Evaluation planners need to weigh previously encountered measurement problems carefully…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development