Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Focus on Math and Reading Test Score Inequalities -- 2 Literature Review with Focus on Inequalities -- 2.1 U.S. National and International Studies -- 2.1.1 NAEP: ``The Nation's Report Card'' -- 2.1.2 PISA Tests -- 2.1.3 IEA PIRLS and TIMSS Tests -- 2.2 Publicly Accessible Individual Studies Reporting V -- 2.3 Early Twentieth Century U.S. Reading and Math Tests -- 3 Varying Viewpoints on Sex Differences -- 3.1 Similarities and Hellinger Distances -- 3.2 The False Claim of Parity in Math Testing -- 3.3 Sex Differences and Searching for Answers -- 3.4 Genetics: The Oldest Recognized Sex Differences Influence -- 4 Genetical and Y Models for Math and Reading -- 4.1 The Genetical Model -- 4.2 Model Y for Math -- 4.3 Model Y for Reading -- 4.4 Hellinger Distance H -- 5 Model Estimation and Illustration of Test Score Distributions -- 5.1 Math Examples -- 5.1.1 Example 1: Coin Tosses -- 5.1.2 Example 2: Poker Chips in Three Urns -- 5.1.3 Example 3: Italian Math Test -- 5.1.3.1 Standard Errors -- 5.1.4 Example 4: CogAT or Cognitive Abilities Test -- 5.1.5 Example 5: Stone's 1908 Math Tests -- 5.1.6 Example 6: The Courtis Arithmetic Tests -- 5.1.6.1 Courtis Tests 1 and 3: Addition and Multiplication -- 5.1.6.2 Courtis Test 6: Simple Reasoning -- 5.1.6.3 Courtis Test 7: Fundamentals -- 5.1.6.4 Courtis Test 8: Reasoning -- 5.1.6.5 Courtis Test Summary -- 5.1.7 Example 7: The NAEP Math Tests -- 5.1.7.1 NAEP Grade Four Math Tests -- 5.1.7.2 NAEP Grade Eight Math Tests -- 5.1.7.3 NAEP Grade Twelve Math Tests -- 5.1.7.4 NAEP Math Tests Summary -- 5.1.8 Example 8: 2003 PISA Math Tests -- 5.2 Reading Examples -- 5.2.1 Example 9: British Reading Test -- 5.2.2 Example 10: The NAEP Reading Tests -- 5.2.2.1 NAEP Fourth Grade Reading Tests -- 5.2.2.2 NAEP Eighth Grade Reading Tests.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (112 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783031412721
Series Statement:
Monographs in the Psychology of Education Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31063538
Language:
English
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