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What Factors Have Been Identified By Teachers As Reasons For The Variations Between Academic Achievement Or Teacher Assigned Grades, And Standardized Test Scores For Sixth Grade Students?, Barbara Chunn Jenkins
What Factors Have Been Identified By Teachers As Reasons For The Variations Between Academic Achievement Or Teacher Assigned Grades, And Standardized Test Scores For Sixth Grade Students?, Barbara Chunn Jenkins
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This study was designed to determine what factors sixth grade teachers from selected sixth grade centers identified as the reasons for the variations between academic achievement, or teacher assigned grades, and standardized test scores for sixth grade students. Thirty-two teachers participated in a questionnaire survey that was specifically designed, through the use of research, for this study. The questionnaire was divided into four main categories. The categories were: Home Related Problems, Socio-economic Status, Child Related Problems, and Teacher Related Problems. The teachers ranked the factors in degrees from five to one. The ranked numbers were totaled -and averaged. The teachers' …