Two 100-word dictionary-sampled spelling lists administered to the same pupil yield scores agreeing within a mean variation of 2.2 points¶

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q2 i? A pupil's spelling ability can be ascertained quite accurately by any two of the six lists, with a mean variation between scores of 2.2 points based on 519 pupils. → Starch 1910

Evidence¶

Starch 1910¶

Starch, D. (1910). The Measurement of Efficiency in Spelling, and the Overlapping of Grades in Combined Measurements of Reading, Writing and Spelling. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=The+Measurement+of+Efficiency+in+Spelling

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Reliability analysis of the author's six-list spelling test: repeated testing of the same pupils with two different lists on successive days showed an average deviation between the two scores of 2.2 points, which the author calls "close agreement"; sample records for fourth-grade pupils on lists 1 and 5 are tabulated.

"On the basis of tests made with 519 pupils, the mean variation between the scores from any two of the six lists is 2.2 points."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Prior spelling test lists (Ayres, Buckingham) are too easy for better pupils, with more than half of eighth-graders spelling all Buckingham list words correctly — related
• The six 100-word spelling lists are practically identical in difficulty, differing from list 1 by .9 to 3.4 points — related
• Grades overlap massively in spelling: on average 20.8% of pupils reach or exceed the median of the next grade above — related