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- Title
An Analysis of Texas Mathematics Assessment Items and Their Reading Difficulty<sup>1</sup>.
- Authors
Lamb, John H.
- Abstract
Increased reading difficulty of mathematics assessment items has been shown to negatively affect student performance. The advent of high-stakes testing, which has serious ramifications for students' futures and teachers' careers, necessitates analysis of reading difficulty on state assessment items and student performance on those items. Using analysis of covariance, this study analyzed the effects of reading grade level of mathematics assessment items on student performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. Results indicated that elementary and middle school students performed significantly worse on mathematics assessment items having a reading level above the student grade level. The implications of these results are discussed.
- Subjects
EDUCATION; TEXAS Assessment of Knowledge &; Skills; RATING of students; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; STUDENT attitudes; MATHEMATICAL ability; EDUCATIONAL evaluation; PSYCHOLOGY; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Mathematics Educator, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
1062-9017
- Publication type
Article