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An Evaluation of the Construct Validity for the Multiple-Subject Testing Programs.
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Li, Yuan H. – 2001
The primary objective of this study was to examine the construct validity of two multiple-content testing programs, the multiple-choice Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/5) and the performance-based Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), by evaluating the true-score longitudinal associations among multiple-content scores…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Construct Validity, Correlation, Elementary Education
The Construct Validity of a Performance-Based Assessment Program.
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Li, Yuan H.; Ford, Valeria; Tompkins, Leroy J. – 1999
The purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of a performance assessment program, the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP). Based on analyses of the longitudinal associations of Grade 5 MSPAP data in 1996 with Grade 3 MSPAP data in 1994, the following hypothesis was examined: the unattentuated correlation or…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Scaling Performance Assessments: Strategies for Managing Local Item Dependence.
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Yen, Wendy M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1993
Results from the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program for 5,392 elementary school students and from the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (multiple choice) for a national sample are used to explore local item independence (LID) of test items. Some strategies are suggested for measuring LID in performance assessments. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Equations (Mathematics)