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Growth Expectations for Low‐Achieving Students: A Reply to Yen
Author(s) -
Hoover H. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1988.tb00841.x
Subject(s) - psychology , economics , econometrics
Yen states that “Phillips and Clarizio (1988) make a serious error in concluding that developmental standard score scales produce unrealistic expectations for growth of low‐achieving students.” The reply that follows argues that Yen's response is justified only if low‐achieving students are tested in an inappropriate way.