title: Students in compensatory education programs: analysis of scores on performance assessments for the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
abstract: Analysis of Mathematics and Language Arts scores for 11,438 fourth- and 8,972 seventh-grade students in compensatory education programs on the performance assessments for the Iowa Test of Basic Skills indicated the students performed poorly, particularly in mathematics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC 29501-0547, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Siders
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012016:Reference Values