None of the English tests correlates markedly with teachers' English grades, the highest raw correlation being 0.49¶

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q2 i? In the High School English study, using Teachers' grades in English as the criterion, none of the correlations for any of the tests is marked, the highest being 0.49. → Wyman 1921

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Wyman 1921¶

Wyman, J. B., & Wendle, M. (1921). What is Reading Ability? The Journal of Educational Psychology, 518-531. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=%22What+is+Reading+Ability%22

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High School English study with 94 seniors: teachers' grades in English for the previous semester served as criterion English Ability E. The highest raw correlation was with Thorndike-McCall Reading (+0.40 ± 0.05 in the table, 0.49 per the conclusion); the article offers three possible explanations, including low reliability of teachers' judgments.

"As far as raw correlations with English ability are concerned, using Teachers' grades in English as the criterion, none of the correla- tions for any of the tests is marked, the highest being 0.49."

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