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Borsboom, Denny; Wijsen, Lisa D. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The distinction between facts and moral values is highly desirable: science and politics should keep to their own territories. Traditionally speaking, science can be seen as an ivory tower, which attempts to do its job in isolation of external influences. Politics does not mandate methods of scientific research or standards of justification;…
Descriptors: Validity, Sciences, Politics, Definitions
Porter, Kristin E.; Balu, Rekha – MDRC, 2016
Education systems are increasingly creating rich, longitudinal data sets with frequent, and even real-time, data updates of many student measures, including daily attendance, homework submissions, and exam scores. These data sets provide an opportunity for district and school staff members to move beyond an indicators-based approach and instead…
Descriptors: Models, Prediction, Statistical Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Boysen, Guy A.; Kelly, Timothy J.; Raesly, Holly N.; Casner, Robert W. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
Student evaluations of teaching are ubiquitous and impactful on the careers of college teachers. However, there is limited empirical research documenting the accuracy of people's efforts in interpreting teaching evaluations. The current research consisted of three studies documenting the effect of small mean differences in teaching…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Students, College Faculty, Administrators
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
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Han, Kyung T.; Wells, Craig S. – Educational Assessment, 2008
In the United States, when English language learners (ELLs) are tested, they are usually tested in English and their limited English proficiency is a potential cause of construct-irrelevant variance. When such irrelevancies affect test scores, inaccurate interpretations of ELLs' knowledge, skills, and abilities may occur. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Test Use, Educational Assessment, Psychological Testing, Validity
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Moss, Pamela A.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
How portfolio-based conclusions about student learning might be used to communicate with audiences outside the classroom is explored. Procedures and criteria for investigating validity in portfolio use are discussed. Ten portfolios from an eighth grade language arts class are used as an example. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
Harlen, Wynne – 1994
This paper gives an overview of the methods of moderation, or quality assurance and quality control, as they may be more widely known, that are used to enhance the quality of student assessment. The discussion is based on the educational systems of the United Kingdom but is applicable to assessment in other countries. Quality in assessment is seen…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Criteria, Data Collection, Data Interpretation