Check Your Understanding 5.1

Refer to the tables in your text and answer the following questions.

This activity contains 9 questions.

	In Table 5.1, what was the average score of the sample group of students in grade 7?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	According to Table 5.1, what was the average number of correct items of the sample group of students who were 16 years of age?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What was the average number of correct items of the sample group of students who were 6 years of age?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What might account for students who were in first grade having an average number of 14 correct responses while students in grade 6 had an average of 65 correct responses?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	According to the information provided in Table 5.2, what was the average number of correct responses for students in the third month of grade 3?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Were students in the sample tested during the third month of the third grade? By what means was the average for each month of the school year determined?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	According to the information provided in Table 5.3, what was the average number of correct responses for students of the chronological age 11–2?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Write the meaning of the following expressions: 4.1 means 4–1 means 3.3 means 6–7 means 10.8 means   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Apply Your Knowledge Write an explanation for a parent that clarifies the difference between a grade equivalent score and the grade level of academic functioning.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.