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A Multilevel Bifactor Approach to Construct Validation of Mixed-Format Scales
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Wang, Yan; Kim, Eun Sook; Dedrick, Robert F.; Ferron, John M.; Tan, Tony – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Wording effects associated with positively and negatively worded items have been found in many scales. Such effects may threaten construct validity and introduce systematic bias in the interpretation of results. A variety of models have been applied to address wording effects, such as the correlated uniqueness model and the correlated traits and…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Format, Correlation, Construct Validity
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Reflections on and Problems Associated with the Evaluation of Teachers in an Era of Metrification
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Berliner, David C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
The Scylla and Charybdis in this discussion of teacher evaluation are standardized achievement test data on the one hand, and classroom observational systems on the other. These are the two most common methods used to judge teachers' competency. Both have serious flaws: the former primarily with validity, the latter primarily with reliability. At…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Problems, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests
Social and Emotional Competency Survey. Executive Summary: Relationships with AISD Outcome Measures. Publication 14.140ES
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Lamb, Lindsay M. – Online Submission, 2016
This executive summary highlights findings from the full report (published separately) which analyzes construct and predictive validity of a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Competency Survey. Students' SEL skill ratings were correlated with other measures of SEL skills and other outcomes of interest. A separate research brief also was…
Descriptors: School Districts, Social Development, Emotional Development, Social Emotional Learning
Social and Emotional Competency Survey: Relationships with AISD Outcome Measures. Publication Number 14.140
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Lamb, Lindsay M. – Online Submission, 2016
This report analyzes construct and predictive validity of a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Competency Survey. Students' SEL skill ratings were correlated with other measures of SEL skills and other outcomes of interest. Separate research brief and executive summary were published. [For the Research Brief, see ED626925. For the Executive…
Descriptors: School Districts, Social Development, Emotional Development, Social Emotional Learning
Assessment of Young English Language Learners in Arizona: Questioning the Validity of the State Measure of English Proficiency
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Garcia, Eugene E.; Lawton, Kerry; Diniz de Figueiredo, Eduardo H. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This study analyzes the Arizona policy of utilizing a single assessment of English proficiency to determine if students should be exited from the ELL program, which is ostensibly designed to make it possible for them to succeed in the mainstream classroom without any further language support. The study examines the predictive validity of this…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Second Language Learning, Achievement Tests
Validity of Jesness Inventory Classification with Nondelinquents.
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Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The issue addressed by this study was whether the Jesness Inventory Classification System as revised for hand-scoring can provide useful information about the personality and behavior of nonoffenders. Data on the System's construct validity showed that youths of the nine subtypes differed on many background, personality, attitude, and behavioral…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Construct Validity