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Tinsley, Howard E. A.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Two procedures for scoring the Recreation Experience Preference scales were investigated using data obtained from respondents engaged in outdoor recreational activities. Both procedures yielded acceptable levels of reliability and concurrent validity. When time is unimportant, the scale score strategy is preferred over the domain score strategy.…
Descriptors: Methods, Outdoor Activities, Participant Satisfaction, Recreational Activities
Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests