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Buschang, Rebecca E.; Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Delacruz, Girlie C.; Baker, Eva L. – Educational Assessment, 2012
The purpose of this study was to validate inferences about scores of one task designed to measure subject matter knowledge and three tasks designed to measure aspects of pedagogical content knowledge. Evidence for the validity of inferences was based on two expectations. First, if tasks were sensitive to expertise, we would find group differences.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Baker, Eva L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
This paper will describe the relationships between research on learning and its application in assessment models and operational systems. These have been topics of research at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) for more than 20 years and form a significant part of the intellectual foundation of…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Inferences, Hypothesis Testing, Predictive Validity
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Goldschmidt, Pete; Martinez, Jose Felipe; Niemi, David; Baker, Eva L. – Educational Assessment, 2007
In this article we examine empirical evidence on the criterion, predictive, transfer, and fairness aspects of validity of a large-scale language arts performance assessment, referred to as the Performance Assignment (PA). We use multilevel models to avoid biased inferences that might result from the naturally nested data. Specifically, we examine…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Achievement, Performance Tests