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Direct linkGulsah Gurkan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Secondary analyses of international large-scale assessments (ILSA) commonly characterize relationships between variables of interest using correlations. However, the accuracy of correlation estimates is impaired by artefacts such as measurement error and clustering. Despite advancements in methodology, conventional correlation estimates or…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Vo, Anne Dao Thanh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The field of evaluation is at a critical juncture as it faces new scrutiny and questions about what constitutes good research and good practice. I argue in this study that if the discipline is to be rooted in a sound empirical foundation, we need a clear understanding of key terms employed by scholars and practitioners alike. In particular,…
Descriptors: Evaluative Thinking, Definitions, Persuasive Discourse, Abstract Reasoning
Bailey, Ann Elise – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research explored the knowledge, skills, and strategies early childhood teachers possess related to implementing curriculum and authentic assessment. Research suggests that early educators rate their knowledge of curriculum and authentic assessment and their implementation of both as excellent. Despite these self-reported, high levels of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Curriculum Evaluation
Minelli, Rachel M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation reports the results of three studies and a pilot study. The first study was a Monte Carlo validation study that examined the accuracy of a new visual inspection method, the semi-interquartile range method. Results of the study indicated that this method had lower levels of power than a previously validated method, the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Preservice Teachers
Diakow, Ronli Phyllis – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation comprises three papers that propose, discuss, and illustrate models to make improved inferences about research questions regarding student achievement in education. Addressing the types of questions common in educational research today requires three different "extensions" to traditional educational assessment: (1)…
Descriptors: Inferences, Educational Assessment, Academic Achievement, Educational Research
Nandeshwar, Ashutosh R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In the modern world, higher education is transitioning from enrollment mode to recruitment mode. This shift paved the way for institutional research and policy making from historical data perspective. More and more universities in the U.S. are implementing and using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which collect vast amounts of data.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Graduation Rate, Program Effectiveness
