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  2. Stereotype threat - Wikipedia

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    The single largest experimental test of stereotype threat (N = 2064), conducted on Dutch high school students, found no effect. [45] The authors state, however, that these results are limited to a narrow age-range, experimental procedure and cultural context, and call for further registered reports and replication studies on the topic. [45]

  3. No Child Left Behind Act - Wikipedia

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    America's nine-year-olds age group, posted the best scores in reading (since 1971) and math (since 1973) in the history of the report. America's 13-year-olds earned the highest math scores the test ever recorded. Reading and math scores for black and Hispanic nine-year-olds reached an all-time high.

  4. Test score - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of scaled scores is to report scores for all examinees on a consistent scale. Suppose that a test has two forms, and one is more difficult than the other. It has been determined by equating that a score of 65% on form 1 is equivalent to a score of 68% on form 2. Scores on both forms can be converted to a scale so that these two ...

  5. Standardized test - Wikipedia

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    While the "predictive power of test scores has gone up," the report adds, "the predictive power of high school grades has gone down." [76] Test scores enable UC schools "to select those students from underrepresented groups who are more likely to earn higher grades and to graduate on time."

  6. ACT (test) - Wikipedia

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    ACT scores are used to supplement the secondary school record and help admission officers put local data—such as coursework, grades, and class rank—in a national perspective. [21] [citation needed] The majority of colleges do not indicate a preference for the SAT or ACT exams and accept both, being treated equally by most admissions ...

  7. Validity (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Construct validity refers to the extent to which operationalizations of a construct (e.g., practical tests developed from a theory) measure a construct as defined by a theory. It subsumes all other types of validity. For example, the extent to which a test measures intelligence is a question of construct validity.

  8. Mathematics (UIL) - Wikipedia

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    The test for Grades 9-12 covers algebra I and II, geometry, trigonometry, math analysis, analytic geometry, pre-calculus, and elementary calculus. For Grades 6-8 each school may send up to three students per division. In order for a school to participate in team competition in a division, the school must send three students in that division.

  9. Criterion-referenced test - Wikipedia

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    A criterion-referenced test is a style of test that uses test scores to generate a statement about the behavior that can be expected of a person with that score. Most tests and quizzes that are written by school teachers can be considered criterion-referenced tests.