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Download full textMofreh, Samah Ali Mohsen; Ghafar, Mohammed Najib Abdul; Omar, Abdul Hafiz Hj; Mosaku, Monsurat; Ma'ruf, Amar – International Education Studies, 2014
This paper focuses on the psychometric analysis of lecturers' beliefs on teaching function (LBTF) survey using Rasch Model analysis. The sample comprised 34 Community Colleges' lecturers. The Rasch Model is applied to produce specific measurements on the lecturers' beliefs on teaching function in order to generalize results and inferential…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
Hughes, Katherine L.; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Placement exams are high-stakes assessments that determine many students' college trajectories. More than half of entering students at community colleges are placed into developmental education in at least one subject, based primarily on scores from these assessments, yet recent research fails to find evidence that placement into remediation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Educational Testing, Student Placement
Hughes, Katherine L.; Scott-Clayton, Judith – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Placement exams are high-stakes assessments that determine many students' college trajectories. More than half of entering students at community colleges are placed into developmental education in at least one subject, based primarily on scores from these assessments, yet recent research fails to find evidence that placement into remediation…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Literature Reviews, High Stakes Tests
Laird, Barbara B. – Inquiry, 2003
Laird studies the relationship between two computerized nursing tests and finds a relationship between the two sets of scores. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Computer Assisted Testing, Comparative Testing
Direct linkSecolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
Brown, Richard S.; Niemi, David N. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
While California community colleges are open to all students eligible and able to benefit, most students must demonstrate that they are ready for college-level academic work by passing the college's placement exam once they enroll. Because California does not explicitly define college readiness standards for high school students, the placement…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
