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Bailet, Laura L.; Zettler-Greeley, Cynthia; Lewis, Kandia – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Home literacy activities influence children's emergent literacy progress and readiness for reading instruction. To help parents fulfill this opportunity, we developed a new Emergent Literacy Screener (ELS) and conducted 2 studies of its psychometric properties with independent prekindergarten samples. For Study 1 (n = 812, M[subscript age] = 54.4…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Screening Tests, Psychometrics
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Meredith P. Franco; Jessika H. Bottiani; Katrina J. Debnam; Wes Bonifay; Toshna Pandey; Juliana Karras; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2024
There is growing interest in improving and assessing teachers' use of culturally responsive practices (CRP) in the classroom, yet relatively few research-based approaches exist to address these measurement gaps. This article presents findings on the psychometric properties of a newly developed classroom observation measure of CRP, called the CARES…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Construct Validity, Educational Practices
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Rhodes, Christy M. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Amidst the ethnic and linguistic diversity in adult English language classes, there is heightened importance to using culturally responsive teaching practices. However, there are limited quantitative examinations of this approach in adult learning environments. The purpose of this investigation was to describe patterns of culturally responsive…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Surveys, Test Validity, Adult Educators
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Carlson, Ryan G.; Rogers, Tiffany L.; Wheeler, Naomi J.; Kelchner, Viki; Griffith, Sandy-Ann M.; Liu, Xun – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
Intimate partner violence (IPV) classifications have treatment implications for couples. This study tested the psychometrics of the Continuum of Conflict and Control Relationship Scale (CCC-RS) and examined differences between violence severity and CCC-RS scales. A sample of 575 low-income, ethnically diverse participants contributed data. Results…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Psychometrics, Conflict, Power Structure
Guerere, Claudia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Scores from value-added models (VAMs), as used for educational accountability, represent the educational effect teachers have on their students. The use of these scores in teacher evaluations for high-stakes decision making is new for the State of Florida. Validity evidence that supports or questions the use of these scores is critically needed.…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Accountability, School Districts, Validity
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Smith, Scott; Chonody, Jill M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
The authors report a validation study of the Teen Court Peer Influence Scale (TCPIS), a newly developed scale, to examine its factor structure, reliability, and evidence of validity. Methods: The scale was disseminated to 202 participants in six teen courts in the state of Florida, and the authors conducted exploratory factor analyses. Content…
Descriptors: Courts, Content Validity, Construct Validity, Validity
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Petscher, Yaacov; Connor, Carol McDonald; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
This study investigated the psychometrics of the "Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test" (DELV-S) test using confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, and differential item functioning (DIF). Responses from 1,764 students in kindergarten through second grade were used in the study, with results indicating…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Screening Tests, Language Variation, Psychometrics
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Ruiz, Mark A.; Poythress, Norman G.; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Douglas, Kevin S. – Assessment, 2008
The authors examined the psychometric properties, factor structure, and construct validity of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) in a large offender sample (N = 1,515). Although the DES is widely used with community and clinical samples, minimal work has examined offender samples. Participants were administered self-report and interview…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Construct Validity, Correlation, Psychometrics