The Rise and fall of national test scores
By: edited by Gilbert R. Austin, Herbert Garber.
Contributors: Austin, Gilbert R.; Garber, Herbert.
Series: Educational psychology
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Evaluation.; Academic achievement -- United States -- Evaluation.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning, schooling, scores / Herbert Garber, Gilbert Austin; title: College entrance examination trends / Bruce K. Eckland; title: Analyzing changes in school levels of achievement for men and women using Project Talent ten and fifteen-year retests / John C. Flanagan; title: Functional literacy and writing / Roy H. Forbes; title: Reading trend data in the United States / Roger Farr, Leo Fay; title: Trends in school mathematics performance / James T. Fey, Thomas Sonnabend; title: National science test scores / Henry H. Walbesser and Cheryl Gonce Winder; title: Trends in educational standards in Great Britain and Ireland / Thomas Kellaghan, George F. Madaus; title: Race, social class, expectation, and achievement / David T. Harris, Joseph L. Amprey, Jr.; title: The final hurdle / Richard M. Jaeger; title: The implications for society / Gilbert R. Austin, Herbert Garber.