Evaluating Subject Attainment in Secondary Schools without a Prior Measure of Pupil Potential.

Sharp, Stephen

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Publication Date: 1996

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Evaluating Subject Attainment in Secondary Schools without a Prior Measure of Pupil Potential.

Sharp, Stephen

Educational Studies, v22 n1 p111-124 Mar 1996

Summarizes an experiment that expanded the types of variables and approaches used in statistical analyses of subject attainment in secondary education. The experiment compared students' grades in a given subject with their expected grades based on performance in other subjects. Considers applications and limitations to this approach. (MJP)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Courses, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testing, Tests

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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