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An Evaluative Framework for Reviewing Fairness Standards and Practices in Educational Tests
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Jonson, Jessica L.; Trantham, Pamela; Usher-Tate, Betty Jean – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
One of the substantive changes in the 2014 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing was the elevation of fairness in testing as a foundational element of practice in addition to validity and reliability. Previous research indicates that testing practices often do not align with professional standards and guidelines. Therefore, to raise…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Intelligence Tests
Constructing Aligned Assessments Using Automated Test Construction
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Porter, Andrew; Polikoff, Morgan S.; Barghaus, Katherine M.; Yang, Rui – Educational Researcher, 2013
We describe an innovative automated test construction algorithm for building aligned achievement tests. By incorporating the algorithm into the test construction process, along with other test construction procedures for building reliable and unbiased assessments, the result is much more valid tests than result from current test construction…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Automation, Test Construction, Alignment (Education)
Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII): Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Scale to Assess Suicide Attempts and Intentional Self-Injury
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Linehan, Marsha M.; Comtois, Katherine Anne; Brown, Milton Z.; Heard, Heidi L.; Wagner, Amy – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The authors describe the development of the Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII), an instrument designed to assess the factors involved in nonfatal suicide attempts and intentional self-injury. Using 4 cohorts of participants, authors generated SASII items and evaluated them with factor and content analyses and internal consistency…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Suicide, Evaluation Methods, Self Destructive Behavior
Validity in Quantitative Content Analysis
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Rourke, Liam; Anderson, Terry – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2004
Over the past 15 years, educational technologists have been dabbling with a research technique known as quantitative content analysis (QCA). Although it is characterized as a systematic and objective procedure for describing communication, readers find insufficient evidence of either quality in published reports. In this paper, it is argued that…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Research Methodology
Dual Objective Achievement Test Selection.
McLarty, Joyce R. – 1984
In 1982-83, Riverside Unified School District (California) selected an achievement test to provide both norm- and criterion-referenced (dual objective) data for its achievement testing program. The test selection process was focused around eight evaluation aspects: prescreening of tests, content matching, instructional evaluation, processing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives
Validation of the Pre-Professional Skills Tests and Recommendation of Performance Standards in Tennessee: Selection of Participants, Data Collection, and Data Analysis Techniques.
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Petry, John R. – 1985
The validation of Tennessee's Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) is described. Panels of experts from teacher education institutions and local school districts performed the test item review, focusing on test validity and minimum requirements for admission to teacher education programs. Participants (136 teacher educators, 108 high school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competency Based Teacher Education, Content Analysis
Initial Teacher Licensure Testing in Tennessee: Test Development.
Butler, E. Dean – 1988
The process of development of tests for teacher certification in Tennessee is described. In response to the Tennessee Comprehensive Education Reform Act of 1984 requiring the use of tests for individuals seeking initial teacher licensure, the Department of Education identified 12 areas of teacher endorsement for which no currently validated and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Item Banks