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A Review Essay on the Measurement of Child Well-Being
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Fernandes, Liliana; Mendes, Americo; Teixeira, Aurora A. C. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Research on indicators related to the state of child well-being is a growing field that has experienced several changes over time. The growing supply of data on children, as well as the need to facilitate conclusions and to track trends, has led researchers to develop a number of child well-being indexes. This paper critically reviews the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Indicators, Well Being, Children
Computer Testing: Pragmatic Issues and Research Needs.
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Rudner, Lawrence M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1990
Three major pragmatic issues in computerized testing are addressed: (1) encouraging teacher use; (2) reporting of information; and (3) test construction. Reference is made to four related articles. Additional areas for research include reporting of test information; item bank standards; validity; and rules for stopping in computerized testing.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Utilization, Item Banks, Research Needs
Designing and Implementing an Ergonomics Inventory to Improve Management of Human Factors Programs.
Johnson, Kenneth A. – 1984
Self-report ergometric inventories can provide valuable information to employers and can serve as a means of intervention to improve employee attributes. Based on the science of ergonomics (a science that studies the natural laws of work in order to maximize human efficiency in job performance), such an inventory focuses on the interaction of the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Utilization, Human Factors Engineering