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Chang, Mei-Lin; Engelhard, George, Jr. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine the psychometric quality of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) with data collected from 554 teachers in a U.S. Midwestern state. The many-facet Rasch model was used to examine several potential contextual influences (years of teaching experience, school context, and levels of emotional exhaustion)…
Descriptors: Models, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Item Response Theory
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Williams, Marian E.; Sando, Lara; Soles, Tamara Glen – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Cognitive assessment of young children contributes to high-stakes decisions because results are often used to determine eligibility for early intervention and special education. Previous reviews of cognitive measures for young children highlighted concerns regarding adequacy of standardization samples, steep item gradients, and insufficient floors…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Decision Making, High Stakes Tests, Eligibility
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Kalaycioglu, Dilara Bakan; Berberoglu, Giray – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
This study is aimed to detect differential item functioning (DIF) items across gender groups, analyze item content for the possible sources of DIF, and eventually investigate the effect of DIF items on the criterion-related validity of the test scores in the quantitative section of the university entrance examination (UEE) in Turkey. The reason…
Descriptors: Test Bias, College Entrance Examinations, Item Analysis, Test Items