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The Paradoxical Relationship between Student Achievement and Self-Perception: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Three Waves of TIMSS Data
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Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
A Pilot Study of the Use of the Assess Test to Predict Success on the National Council Licensure Examination.
Wisenbaker, Sue; Lee, Mickey M. – 1985
The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship existed between nursing students' scores on the Mosby Assess Test and the students' scores on the National Council Licensure Examination. The subjects consisted of 172 nursing students in their last semester of the Associate Degree Nursing program at the Eastern Kentucky…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Educational Assessment
The Validation of Selected Spatial Ability Tests via Correlational Assessment and Analysis of User-Processing Strategy.
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Kovac, Ron J. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
The construct validity of three spatial ability tests was assessed by determining the correlation between the test results and student class grades in various subjects for 58 eighth graders enrolled at the Burris Laboratory School, Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana). Results do not strongly support any of the tests evaluated. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Correlation
Current Validity of 1975 and 1985 SATs: Implications for Validity Trends since the Mid-1970s.
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Stricker, Lawrence J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1991
To study whether different forms of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) used since the mid-1970s varied in their correlations with academic performance criteria, 1975 and 1985 forms were administered to 1,554 and 1,753 high school juniors, respectively. The 1975 form did not have greater validity than the 1985 form. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Some Nonparametric Approaches to the Use of Criterion-Referenced Statewide Test Results in the Evaluation of Local District Educational Programs.
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Ascher, Gordon – 1975
The increased use of criterion-referenced statewide testing programs is an outgrowth of the need for more diagnostic information for planning and decision making than is provided by norm-referenced programs. There remains, however, a need for state agencies to compare the results of local districts to a variety of comparison groups for the purpose…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Does It Matter if I Take My Writing Test on Computer? An Empirical Study of Mode Effects in NAEP
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Horkay, Nancy; Bennett, Randy Elliott; Allen, Nancy; Kaplan, Bruce; Yan, Fred – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
This study investigated the comparability of scores for paper and computer versions of a writing test administered to eighth grade students. Two essay prompts were given on paper to a nationally representative sample as part of the 2002 main NAEP writing assessment. The same two essay prompts were subsequently administered on computer to a second…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Program Effectiveness