Contribution of a Non-Verbal General Ability Test to the Educational Assessment of Pupils in the Cross-Cultural Setting of the Canadian North

• Published in: The Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 315 - 319
• Main Authors: Macdonald, H. A., Netherton, A. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington, Ill Routledge 01-03-1969; Dembar Educational Research Services; Public School Pub. Co. for the University of Illinois, Bureau of Educational Research
• Subjects: Achievement tests; Arithmetic; Computer analysis; Educational assessment; Factor analysis; Grade 4; Mathematical concepts; Reading tables; Rice; Students
• ISSN: 0022-0671; 1940-0675
• DOI: 10.1080/00220671.1969.10883850

This study examines the Progressive Matrices and selected sub-tests of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery to discover if the Progressive Matrices can contribute to the educational assessment of pupils in a crosscultural setting. Pupils from Grades 2 and 4 in schools in the Mackenzie District wrote the above tests during the spring term of 1966, and these test results are the raw data for this study. Factor analysis is used to analyze the data and the resulting factors interpreted in favor of the use of the Progressive Matrices in this setting.