A Population Study of Relative Age Effects on National Tests in Reading Literacy

We examined relative age effects (RAE) in national test results in reading literacy in Norway in 2013, in Grades 5, 8, and 9 students (n = 173,421) to estimate how month of birth is associated with mean scores and different achievement levels. The results confirm that there is an approximately linea...

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Main Authors: Ole Petter Vestheim, Magne Husby, Tore Kristian Aune, Ottar Bjerkeset, Terje Dalen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01761/full