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Direct linkLambert, Matthew C.; Cullinan, Douglas; Epstein, Michael H.; Martin, Jodie – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2022
The present study investigated evidence of the construct validity of scores from the Scales for Assessing Emotional Disturbance Rating Scale (SAED-3 RS), which is designed to help identify emotional disturbance (ED) as defined by U.S. law and regulations. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the degree to which SAED-3 RS scores differed…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Rating Scales
Lambert, Matthew C.; January, Stacy-Ann A.; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; Epstein, Michael H.; Martin, Jodie – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
The present study investigated evidence of the construct validity of scores from the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS-3), which is a multi-informant assessment designed to measure the behavioral and emotional strengths of school-aged youth. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the degree to which BERS-3 scores differed between…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Test Validity, Construct Validity, Student Behavior
Wu, Jiun-Yu; Hughes, Jan N. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
We tested the longitudinal measurement invariance of the Teacher Network of Relationships Inventory (TNRI), a teacher-report measure of teacher-student relationship quality (TSRQ), on a sample of 784 academically at-risk students across ages 6 to 15 years by comparing the model for each subsequent year with that of the previous year(s). The TNRI…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Longitudinal Studies, At Risk Students
Touron, Javier; Lizasoain, Luis; Joaristi, Luis – High Ability Studies, 2012
The aim of this work is to analyze the dimensional structure of the Spanish version of the School and College Ability Test, employed in the process for the identification of students with high intellectual abilities. This test measures verbal and mathematical (or quantitative) abilities at three levels of difficulty: elementary (3rd, 4th, and 5th…
Descriptors: Identification, Validity, Item Response Theory, Construct Validity
Huang, Jinyan – Assessing Writing, 2012
Using generalizability (G-) theory, this study examined the accuracy and validity of the writing scores assigned to secondary school ESL students in the provincial English examinations in Canada. The major research question that guided this study was: Are there any differences between the accuracy and construct validity of the analytic scores…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generalizability Theory, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests
Vrachimi-Souroulla, Andry; Panayiotou, Georgia; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Lamprianou, Iasonas – Educational Psychology, 2011
The study aimed to field-test a Greek version of the Wechsler Quicktest and to examine its psychometric properties. The Quicktest was individually administered to 208 students, aged 5-14 years, along with a reading test. Based on the Rasch analysis, data for the Quicktest subtests showed acceptable fit to the model. Also, correlations were found…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Tests, Construct Validity, Test Validity
Watkins, Marley W. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003a) was analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis among a national sample of 355 students referred for psychoeducational evaluation by 93 school psychologists from 35 states. The structure of the WISC-IV core battery was best represented by four…
Descriptors: Intelligence, School Psychologists, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Felver-Gant, Josh C.; Tom, Karalyn M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011
Based on the premises that strength-based assessment of children and adolescents is an important emerging area, and that additional tools for this purpose are needed, this study details development and validation efforts on a new strength-based assessment: the Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scale, parent form (SEARS-P). Following careful…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Construct Validity, Social Development, Emotional Development
Download full textGarcia, Eugene E.; Lawton, Kerry; Diniz de Figueiredo, Eduardo H. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support. The study examines the predictive validity of this…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, Achievement Tests
Naglieri, Jack A.; Rojahn, Johannes – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
The relationship among Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) processing scores of the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) and the Woodcock-Johnson Revised Tests of Achievement (WJ-R) were examined with a sample of 1,559 students aged 5-17 years. Participants were part of the CAS standardization sample and closely represented the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Ability
Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Deng, Hui; Shaw, Emily J. – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2007
This study was designed to address two frequent criticisms of the SAT essay--that essay length is the best predictor of scores, and that there is an advantage in using more "sophisticated" examples as opposed to personal experience. The study was based on 2,820 essays from the first three administrations of the new SAT. Each essay was…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Writing Skills
Kulikowich, Jonna M. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2007
Operating from multiple literature bases in cognitive psychology, mathematics education, and theoretical and applied psychometrics, Schilling, Hill and their colleagues provide a systemic approach to studying the validity of scores of mathematical knowledge for teaching. This system encompasses an array of task formats and methodologies. The…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Construct Validity
