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Grades 7, 8, and 9: copyright 1971; 4 scores: arithmetic skills, geometry-measurement-application, modern concepts, and total; group-administered; hand- or machine-scored: 2 forms (each 1971, 8 pages); manual (1971, 11 pages); specimen set (includes manual, Form 1 test booklet, and answer sheet), $2.21; package of 35 reusable test booklets, $7.50 for either Form 1 or Form 2; package of 35 digitek answer sheets, $2.75; package of 500 digitek answer sheets, $35.00; set of handscoring keys for Forms 1 and 2, $1.50 each; examiner's manual, .50 each; scoring and reporting by publisher per student answer-sheet, $.35 (must have minimum of $25.00); student progress chart, $2.75 per package of 35; student checklist folder, $5.50 per package of 35; technical data supplement, 1.00 each; untimed (typically 45 to 60 minutes); test authors: James C. Young and Robert R. Knapp; publisher; Educational and Industrial Testing Service (EITS), P.O. Box 7234, San Diego, Cal. 92107; test review and prices relate to specimen set received May 8, 1972.

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Toward an evaluative methodology for criterion-referenced measures: Objective-item congruence. Los Angeles: Center for the Study of Evaluation, University of California, 1971. (Available from Educational Resources Information Center as document No. ED 052-253)

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Criterion-referenced measurement: The world of the gray versus the black and white. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972; in press.

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The validity of the Test of Achievement in Basic Skills for predicting achievement in general mathematics and algebra. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1970; 30, 951–954.

Test Review No. 11 1 Tests of Achievement in Basic Skills

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