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Peoples, Shelagh M. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
High school graduation is "not yet a reliable indicator of college readiness", (Gaertner & McClarty, 2015, p2). As such, researchers are investigating the use of non-cognitive factors as predictors of College and Career Readiness (CCR). The College and Career Readiness Mathematical Practice Scale (CCRMS) was designed to measure…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Mathematics Instruction, Common Core State Standards
Schulz, Wolfram – Online Submission, 2006
International studies like PISA use context student or school questionnaires to collect data on student family background, attitudes and learning context. Questionnaire constructs are typically measured using dichotomous or Likert-type items. Scaling of questionnaire items in order to obtain measures of family background, student attitudes or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Student Attitudes, Scaling
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1998
The School Leaders' Licensure Assessment (SLLA) is a 6-hour, written, constructed-response test intended for use in the licensing of principals, headmasters, and other school leaders. The pilot test was administered in 1996 to 247 students who were within six credits of completing their graduate degree programs in educational leadership. About 36…
Descriptors: Certification, Construct Validity, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1994
The original "Bayley Scales of Infant Development" (BSID) (Bayley 1969) have been among the most popular measures of performance and aptitude of infants. In the present study the reliability and construct validity of mental and motor scores on the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) were investigated. A national…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Ginley, Kristine J.; Giraud, Gerald; Weglarz, Donna – Online Submission, 2006
Because there are few instruments designed to measure the specific behaviors and characteristics instructors expect of college students and how well the majority of their students meet those expectations, an original survey instrument has been created to address that need. Focus group interviews were held, and as a result of those interviews, an…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Focus Groups, College Students, Student Behavior
Harris, Sandra M.; Halpin, Glennelle – 1999
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of a Factors Influencing Pursuit of Higher Education (FIPHE) Questionnaire which addresses factors influencing a person's decision to pursue higher education. Researchers used a literature-based, rational factors approach to develop the questionnaire; the three-part study included a…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Construct Validity, Educational Research, Expectation