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Direct linkAdams, Wendy K.; Wieman, Carl E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This paper describes the process for creating and validating an assessment test that measures the effectiveness of instruction by probing how well that instruction causes students in a class to think like experts about specific areas of science. The design principles and process are laid out and it is shown how these align with professional…
Descriptors: Expertise, Psychological Testing, Disabilities, Psychometrics
Schilder, D. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2013
In this "FastFacts," a state asks the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) to recommend experts in the field of assessing young children who are English Language Learners (ELL) to train administrators and psychologists working in district preschool programs for young children with special needs? This is particularly…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, English Language Learners, Bilingualism
Zuna, Nina I.; Selig, James P.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Ann P. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2009
Recently, within the field of special education, attention has been accorded to the conceptualization and measurement of family outcomes. The Family Quality of Life (FQOL) Scale is an instrument that can be used to measure family outcomes for families who have children with disabilities, and it has been demonstrated to have psychometric validity.…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Download full textHalle, Tamara; Zaslow, Martha; Wessel, Julia; Moodie, Shannon; Darling-Churchill, Kristen – Administration for Children & Families, 2011
The 2007 reauthorization of Head Start requires Head Start programs to use child assessments and developmental screeners that are developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate, as well as valid and reliable in the language in which they are used. This can be a challenge, since very few child assessment tools are developed or tested…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children, Disabilities
Camara, Wayne – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2009
The five papers in this special issue of the "Journal of Applied Testing Technology" address fundamental issues of validity when tests are modified or accommodations are provided to English Language Learners (ELL) or students with disabilities. Three papers employed differential item functioning (DIF) and factor analysis and found the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis, English (Second Language), Cognitive Ability
Abedi, Jamal – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2009
English language learners with disabilities (ELLWD) face many challenges in their academic career. Learning a new language and coping with their disabilities create obstacles in their academic progress. Variables relegating accessibility of assessments for students with disabilities and ELL students may seriously hinder the academic performance of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Disabilities, Classification
Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational Researcher, 2005
Accommodations to standard test administrations are granted on many tests for students who have one or more disabling conditions. In some instances, students' scores from these nonstandard administrations are "flagged" to caution those who interpret the test score that the test was not administered under typical conditions. The practice of…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Scores, Psychological Testing, College Admission
Loreman, Tim; Earle, Chris; Sharma, Umesh; Forlin, Chris – International Journal of Special Education, 2007
This paper describes the development of an improved scale for measuring sentiments, attitudes and concerns about inclusive education in pre-service teachers based on an examination of data gathered from 996 pre-service teachers from five tertiary institutions using a modified version of the Interactions with People with Disabilities scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Student Teacher Attitudes, Disabilities
Peer reviewedHarris, Susan R.; Megens, Antoinette M.; Backman, Catherine L.; Hayes, Virginia – Infants and Young Children, 2003
This article describes the Harris Infant Neuromotor Test (HINT) and reviews investigations into its reliability and validity, normative data, and the sensitivity and specificity of parental opinions of their infants' movement and motor development. It concludes that the HINT is a quick, noninvasive screening tool with potential for the early…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Identification, Infants
Summers, Jean Ann; Hoffman, Lesa; Marquis, Janet; Turnbull, Ann; Poston, Denise; Nelson, Louise Lord – Exceptional Children, 2005
One difficulty in monitoring the quality of family--professional partnerships has been the lack of a psychometrically acceptable and sufficiently general instrument with which to assess them. The current work describes the development of the Family--Professional Partnership Scale, which assesses parents' perceptions of the importance of and their…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Qualitative Research, Field Tests
Scott, Randall L.; And Others – 1988
The psychometric integrity of a measure of ecological stress in families with children who are handicapped was investigated using bootstrap factor analytic logic and the FACSTRAP program. The instrument is known as the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress--Friedrich short form. Subjects included both parents (N=132) in each of 66 intact families.…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Disabilities, Ecological Factors, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedMsall, Michael E.; Tremont, Michelle R.; Ottenbacher, Kenneth J. – Infants and Young Children, 2001
This article describes the use of measures of functional assessment of essential activities in self-care, mobility, communication, and social cognition in preschool children. An overview of functional assessment is provided, and psychometric properties of the various tests are described. Case studies illustrate the value of using functional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Functional Behavioral Assessment
