Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
| Test Validity | 6 |
| Models | 4 |
| Academic Achievement | 3 |
| Factor Analysis | 3 |
| Standardized Tests | 3 |
| Test Items | 3 |
| Test Reliability | 3 |
| Attitude Measures | 2 |
| Correlation | 2 |
| Goodness of Fit | 2 |
| High Stakes Tests | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Assessment | 1 |
| Educational Assessment | 1 |
| Gifted and Talented… | 1 |
| Language Teaching Research… | 1 |
| Research Quarterly for… | 1 |
| Teachers College Record | 1 |
Author
| Casey, Leo M. | 1 |
| Danoff-Burg, Sharon | 1 |
| Earleywine, Mitch | 1 |
| Foghahaee, Zahra | 1 |
| Gentry, Marcia | 1 |
| Hobkirk, Andrea L. | 1 |
| Jen, Enyi | 1 |
| Maeda, Yukiko | 1 |
| Mercier, Kevin | 1 |
| Polikoff, Morgan S. | 1 |
| Silverman, Stephen | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Audience
Location
| New York | 6 |
| Colorado | 2 |
| China | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textFoghahaee, Zahra – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2019
Reverse engineering (RE) can play an important role in the re-designing tests in L2 English. It can also enrich the aim of teaching the same as raising children through academic achievement. In addition, it can play a key role in helping students understand how much their test is valid by using Standard reverse engineering (SRE). This paper is a…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkYang, Yang; Gentry, Marcia; Wu, Jiaxi; Jen, Enyi; Maeda, Yukiko – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
This study is to investigate whether "My Class Activities" (MCA; Gentry & Gable, 2001a), an instrument developed to measure students' perceptions of their classroom activities, yields valid data when used with elementary students in China after translation into Chinese. The four factors measured by the instrument (Interest,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Class Activities
Casey, Leo M. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: There is a deep and yawning chasm between the world of tests and testing practices as they ought to be and the actual tests and testing practices now imposed on American students, educators, and schools. That chasm of theory and practice is a function of the dominant paradigm of educational reform, with its theory of action…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Commercialization, Models, Test Use
Polikoff, Morgan S. – Educational Assessment, 2016
As state tests of student achievement are used for an increasingly wide array of high- and low-stakes purposes, evaluating their instructional sensitivity is essential. This article uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Project to examine the instructional sensitivity of 4 states' mathematics and English…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, English
Van Dam, Nicholas T.; Hobkirk, Andrea L.; Danoff-Burg, Sharon; Earleywine, Mitch – Assessment, 2012
Mindfulness, a construct that entails moment-to-moment effort to be aware of present experiences and positive attitudinal features, has become integrated into the sciences. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), one popular measure of mindfulness, exhibits different responses to positively and negatively worded items in nonmeditating…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Questionnaires
Mercier, Kevin; Silverman, Stephen – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to develop an instrument that has scores that are valid and reliable for measuring students' attitudes toward fitness testing. Method: The method involved the following steps: (a) an elicitation study, (b) item development, (c) a pilot study, and (d) a validation study. The pilot study included 427…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Measurement Techniques, Program Validation
