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Schweig, Jonathan David – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
Developing indicators that reflect important aspects of school and classroom environments has become central in a nationwide effort to develop comprehensive programs that measure teacher quality and effectiveness. Formulating teacher evaluation policy necessitates accurate and reliable methods for measuring these environmental variables. This…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Educational Environment, Classroom Environment, Surveys
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Milanowski, Anthony T. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1999
Describes the temporal consistency of school classification observed in the Kentucky, and secondarily in the Charlotte-Mecklinberg (North Carolina), school-based performance award programs. Data from the Kentucky Department of Education show the extent to which temporal inconsistency could be due to measurement error. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classification, Error of Measurement
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Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Kaufman, Alan S.; Sparrow, Sara S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Our purpose in this report is to evaluate scientifically that body of literature relating the effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) upon neurobehavioral, health-related, and cognitive deficits in neonates, developing infants, children, and adults. The data derive from seven cohorts: six cohorts of mothers…
Descriptors: Neonates, Validity, Psychomotor Skills, Prenatal Influences
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Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2002
By the spring of 2000, forty states had begun using student test scores to rate school performance. Twenty states have gone a step further and are attaching explicit monetary rewards or sanctions to a school's test performance. In this paper, the authors focus on accountability programs in which states measure the effectiveness of individual…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Accountability, Scores, Risk
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Selby, Edwin C.; Treffinger, Donald J.; Isaksen, Scott G.; Lauer, Kenneth J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2004
"VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style" (Selby, Treffinger, & Isaksen, 2002) is a new instrument for assessing problem-solving style, for use with individuals from ages 12 through adult. It measures three dimensions of style relating to creative problem solving and change management. In this article, we discuss the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Validity, Factor Structure, Problem Solving