Group-scale scores correlate moderately with teachers' ability rankings of first- to third-grade pupils¶

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q2 i3 Seventeen correlations between group test scores and teachers' rankings of pupils by ability averaged .47. → Pressey 1919

Evidence¶

Pressey 1919¶

Pressey, L. W. (1919). A Group Scale of Intelligence for Use in the First Three Grades. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0072897

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Validity analysis in City C comparing the group scale against rankings collected from all teachers except some substitutes. The article prints an average correlation of r = .47 between test scores and teachers' ability rankings.

"Seventeen correlations were obtained between the test scores and teachers rankings of pupils according to ability; these rankings were obtained from all teachers in City C, except from some few substitutes who did not know the children well. The average correlation was .47."

Discussion¶

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