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High-Stakes Testing and the Gender Gap: A Study of Fourth Grade Reading Performance on the Ohio Achievement Test

Wargacki, Jennine Elise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206065793

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2008, Master of Education (MEd), Bowling Green State University, Reading.
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between gender and reading performance on the Ohio Fourth Grade Reading Achievement Test that was given to all fourth grade students in May of 2007. The statewide results showed that females outperformed males at all grade levels (three through eight) on the test (Ohio Department of Education, 2007a). The main focus of this study was to identify relationships that may exist between gender and each of the reading standards that were assessed (Acquisition of Vocabulary, Reading Process, Informational Text, and Literary Text) on the test. This study also examined gender differences among students' overall reading scale scores on the test. A sample of 88 students' (56 males and 32 females) scores from the Ohio Fourth Grade Reading Achievement Test were collected and analyzed from three schools. For each standard and overall reading score that was provided, the number of males and females who performed above, at, and below the proficient levels were identified. After running statistical tests, the only standard that showed a significant difference between gender and performance was the Informational Text standard. This finding showed that twice the number of females scores fell in the below proficient range on the Informational Text standard when compared to the number of males.
Cindy Hendricks, PhD (Advisor)
Mohammed Darabie, PhD (Committee Member)
Mark A. Earley, PhD (Committee Member)
65 p.
Education; Gender; Reading Instruction
gender; gender differences; gender and reading performance; Ohio Achievement Test; reading achievement; gender and reading; males and reading; females and reading

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  • Wargacki, J. E. (2008). High-Stakes Testing and the Gender Gap: A Study of Fourth Grade Reading Performance on the Ohio Achievement Test [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206065793

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wargacki, Jennine. High-Stakes Testing and the Gender Gap: A Study of Fourth Grade Reading Performance on the Ohio Achievement Test. 2008. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206065793.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wargacki, Jennine. "High-Stakes Testing and the Gender Gap: A Study of Fourth Grade Reading Performance on the Ohio Achievement Test." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206065793

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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