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Disability and Equity in Education

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A Study Of The Predictive Validity Of The Gates-Macginitie Reading Test And The New Jersey Assessment Of Skills And Knowledge At The 4th, 5th And 6th Grade Levels, Stephanie L. Diantonio May 2008

A Study Of The Predictive Validity Of The Gates-Macginitie Reading Test And The New Jersey Assessment Of Skills And Knowledge At The 4th, 5th And 6th Grade Levels, Stephanie L. Diantonio

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The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive validity of reading achievement scores obtained using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test and student performance on the Language Arts Literacy section on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge using a sample of students from the Gloucester City School District. Success For All has been implemented in the Gloucester City School District for over eight years as a Whole School Reform Model to raise student achievement in reading and language arts literacy. The effectiveness of this program was measured by using data collected from the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test and the …