ERIC ED286894: The Annual Report of California pdf

ERIC ED286894: The Annual Report of California

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Results are presented of the 1985-1986 administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. Each fall, the battery is given to grades three, five, and eight under a state mandate, and to grade eleven under a local mandate. Overall student performance improved slightly in 1985 from the already very high scores of previous years; 83% of scores were either at or above the national norm. Average county scores would probably have been higher if a strong “ceiling effect” did not exist in some CAT subtests. Students remaining in the county for several years tended to score higher than those in the county for under three years. Most Hispanic and Black students scored higher than their counterparts nationally. Asian and White students scored about the same. Females scored slightly higher on the total test in all grades except five, where scores were the same.

School results are presented as averages over 6 years for tests and subtests, battery interquartile ranges, longitudinal and nonlongitudinal trends, and attendance statistics. Two appendices contain detailed summary data and a glossary of testing terms. (RR

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1986-12
• Year: 1986
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, County School Districts, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Local Norms, Mathematics Achievement, Racial Differences, Reading Achievement, Scores, Sex Differences, Testing Programs, Trend Analysis

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