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Leite, Walter L.; Svinicki, Marilla; Shi, Yuying – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
The authors examined the dimensionality of the VARK learning styles inventory. The VARK measures four perceptual preferences: visual (V), aural (A), read/write (R), and kinesthetic (K). VARK questions can be viewed as testlets because respondents can select multiple items within a question. The correlations between items within testlets are a type…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Reliability, Factor Analysis
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Miao, Jing; Haney, Walt – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act has brought great attention to the high school graduation rate as one of the mandatory accountability measures for public school systems. However, there is no consensus on how to calculate the high school graduation rate given the lack of longitudinal databases that track individual students. This study reviews…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Ethnic Groups, Accountability