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madfloridian

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6. My first decade of teaching our scores were reported in stanines, based on the bell curve.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2014, 06:22 PM

May 2014

http://www.applicantselection.biz/stanine.asp

I never really thought that much about the background, as we had no choice but to count them that way.

It was Iowa Test of Basic Skills for ages. Used to evaluate student progress from 1st of year to end.

It really was used in a valuable way for us. Gave next years teachers a background.

Now in FL the FCAT is done, and even more proprietary tests are on their way next year. Pearson has the contract, a reward I guess for all their screw-ups.

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