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Relationship between Air Traffic Selection and Training (AT-SAT)) Battery Test Scores and Composite Scores in the Initial en Route Air Traffic Control Qualification Training Course at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Academy
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Kelley, Ronald Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scope and Method of Study: This study focused on the development and use of the AT-SAT test battery and the Initial En Route Qualification training course for the selection, training, and evaluation of air traffic controller candidates. The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to measure the linear relationship between the…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Scores, Equated Scores, Multiple Regression Analysis
Using Common Assessments to Inform Social Studies Instruction and Professional Development
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Baker, Nicholas John – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the problem of inconsistent achievement in social studies on the Delaware State Testing Program (DSTP) at a high school in Delaware. Since 2002, the district began an initiative to create common assessments for all core content areas that were meant to align with the state standards. In social studies, that initiative was the…
Descriptors: United States History, Testing Programs, State Standards, Grade 11
A Psychometric Evaluation of a State Testing Program: Accommodated versus Non-Accommodated Students
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Roxbury, Tiese L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Federal legislation such as "No Child Left Behind" mandated that students with disabilities be included in accountability standards, creating an important responsibility to fairly assess all students, even those with disabilities. Consequently, a sense of urgency was placed on the entire educational system to ensure that these students…
Descriptors: Test Items, Testing Programs, Federal Legislation, Educational Testing
Examining the Impact of Complementary Assistance Learning on Student CRCT Scores
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Sanford, Eldis E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) focuses on accountability for student achievement by mandating higher educational standards that are monitored through required annual student testing. The Complementary Assistance Learning Program (CALP), a before and after school tutoring and mentoring service, offers a potential means of accelerating the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Test Results, Federal Legislation, Educational Testing
Investigating the Justifiability of an Additional Test Use: An Application of Assessment Use Argument to an English as a Foreign Language Test
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Wang, Huan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Multiple uses of the same assessment may present challenges for both the design and use of an assessment. Little advice, however, has been given to assessment developers as to how to understand the phenomena of multiple assessment use and meet the challenges these present. Particularly problematic is the case in which an assessment is used for…
Descriptors: Test Use, Testing Programs, Program Effectiveness, Test Construction
The Perceptions of Administrators from Quality Award-Winning School Districts and a Comparison of Student Academic Achievement in Quality Award-Winning Districts
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Jauch, Kevin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research project served two main purposes. The first was to uncover the perceptions of district administrators from Quality award-winning school districts in regard to the use of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program as a management framework. This was accomplished by using the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium's…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Testing Programs, Recognition (Achievement), Research Projects