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Robert Meyer; Sara Hu; Michael Christian – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: This paper develops a new method to estimate quasi-experimental evaluation models when it is necessary to control for measurement error in predictors and individual assignment to the treatment group is based on these same fallible variables. A major methodological finding of the study is that standard methods of estimating models that…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Report Cards
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Bardhoshi, Gerta; Erford, Bradley T. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
Precision is a key facet of test development, with score reliability determined primarily according to the types of error one wants to approximate and demonstrate. This article identifies and discusses several primary forms of reliability estimation: internal consistency (i.e., split-half, KR-20, a), test-retest, alternate forms, interscorer, and…
Descriptors: Scores, Test Reliability, Accuracy, Pretests Posttests
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Gottlieb, Derek; Moroye, Christy M. – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2016
We examine the reliance on rubrics for educational evaluation and explore whether such tools fulfill their promise. Following Wittgensteinian critical strategies, we explore what "the application of the [rubric] picture looks like" and then evaluate (a) whether those benefits are attributable to rubric use at all, and (b) whether any of…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Educational Benefits
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Castellano, Katherine E.; McCaffrey, Daniel F. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2017
Mean or median student growth percentiles (MGPs) are a popular measure of educator performance, but they lack rigorous evaluation. This study investigates the error in MGP due to test score measurement error (ME). Using analytic derivations, we find that errors in the commonly used MGP are correlated with average prior latent achievement: Teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Value Added Models, Achievement Gains
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Furtak, Erin Marie; Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Bakeman, Roger – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2017
Formative assessment is a classroom practice that has received much attention in recent years for its established potential at increasing student learning. A frequent analytic approach for determining the quality of formative assessment practices is to develop a coding scheme and determine frequencies with which the codes are observed; however,…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Formative Evaluation, Alternative Assessment, Incidence
Elizalde-Utnick, Graciela – Communique, 2008
There is great controversy in the field of learning disabilities (LD) regarding the establishment of criteria for LD identification. The traditional approach to LD identification is to use the IQ-discrepancy. Lyon and colleagues (2001) point out the numerous problems with such an approach, including faulty assumptions about the adequacy of an IQ…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Second Language Learning, Intelligence Quotient
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Ferrao, Maria – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
The Bologna Declaration brought reforms into higher education that imply changes in teaching methods, didactic materials and textbooks, infrastructures and laboratories, etc. Statistics and mathematics are disciplines that traditionally have the worst success rates, particularly in non-mathematics core curricula courses. This research project,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Educational Assessment
Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1992
Several common sources of error in assessment that depends on the use of judges are identified, and ways to reduce the impact of rating errors are examined. Numerous threats to the validity of scores based on ratings exist. These threats include: (1) the halo effect; (2) stereotyping; (3) perception differences; (4) leniency/stringency error; and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators