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Han, Chao – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
As a property of test scores, reliability/dependability constitutes an important psychometric consideration, and it underpins the validity of measurement results. A review of interpreter certification performance tests (ICPTs) reveals that (a) although reliability/dependability checking has been recognized as an important concern, its theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, English, Chinese
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Sporte, Susan E.; Jiang, Jennie Y.; Luppescu, Stuart – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Starting in 2012-13, researchers have worked in partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) to study implementation of Chicago's new teacher evaluation system: Recognizing Educators Advancing Chicago's Students (REACH). This paper presents findings as well as experiences from the collaboration with CPS and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluators, Reliability, Teacher Attitudes
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Lee, Yong-Won; Kantor, Robert – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
Possible integrated and independent tasks were pilot tested for the writing section of a new generation of TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language™) examination. This study examines the impact of various rating designs as well as the impact of the number of tasks and raters on the reliability of writing scores based on integrated and…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Tests
Teddlie, Charles; And Others – 1990
The results are provided of an initial analysis of the reliability (generalizability) of the System for Teaching and Learning Assessment and Review (STAR) as a comprehensive measure of classroom teaching and learning for making teacher certification decisions. The STAR contains 140 indicators of teacher effectiveness and student learning, which…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education