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Moss, Pamela A. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The conventional focus of validity in educational measurement has been on intended interpretations and uses of test scores. Empirical studies of test use by teachers, administrators and policy-makers show that actual interpretations and uses of test scores in context are invariably shaped by local users' questions, which frequently require…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Evaluation Utilization, Educational Assessment, Scores
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Hickey, Tom; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1978
The factor analytic model of the practitioner-oriented "Opinions about People" was tested with a population of gerontological practitioners. An analysis eliminated nine items not warranting inclusion in the instrument, redistributed the factors, and brought out a completely new factor. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Counselor Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Gerontology
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Quattrocchi, Mary; Sherrets, Steven – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Although the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) involves modifications and a complete restandardization, the literature suggests that it remains very similar in nature to its predecessor, the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Individuals perform on the WISC-R largely the same as they do on the WISC. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
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Lawrence, Jeanette A. – Journal of Moral Education, 1980
Fourteen moral judgment intervention studies are reviewed and evaluated to address two questions: "Is it possible to stimulate moral judgment development in an educational setting?" and "Does the Defining Issues Test index such moral judgment changes?" These studies affirm the second question. Half of them produced significant…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education