Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Evaluation Methods | 5 |
Measurement Objectives | 5 |
Program Validation | 5 |
Measurement Techniques | 4 |
Data Analysis | 2 |
Evaluation Research | 2 |
Item Analysis | 2 |
Literature Reviews | 2 |
Predictor Variables | 2 |
Robustness (Statistics) | 2 |
Academic Failure | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
American Journal of Evaluation | 1 |
Educational Researcher | 1 |
Journal of Education for… | 1 |
ProQuest LLC | 1 |
Teachers College Record | 1 |
Author
Bacon, Don | 1 |
Balcazar, Fabricio E. | 1 |
Elbeck, Matt | 1 |
Garcia-Iriarte, Edurne | 1 |
Henry, David B. | 1 |
Ho, Andrew D. | 1 |
Saliba, Jim | 1 |
Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda | 1 |
Taylor-Ritzler, Tina | 1 |
Warren, John Robert | 1 |
Zhang, Bin | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Adult Education | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Grade 1 | 1 |
Grade 2 | 1 |
Grade 3 | 1 |
Grade 4 | 1 |
Grade 5 | 1 |
Grade 6 | 1 |
Grade 7 | 1 |
Grade 8 | 1 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Elbeck, Matt; Bacon, Don – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
The absence of universally accepted definitions for direct and indirect assessment motivates the purpose of this article: to offer definitions that are literature-based and theoretically driven, meeting K. Lewin's (1945) dictum that, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory" (p. 129). The authors synthesize the literature to…
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Global Approach, Evidence
Ho, Andrew D. – Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/Context: The target of assessment validation is not an assessment but the use of an assessment for a purpose. Although the validation literature often provides examples of assessment purposes, comprehensive reviews of these purposes are rare. Additionally, assessment purposes posed for validation are generally described as discrete and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Measurement Objectives, Educational Change
Taylor-Ritzler, Tina; Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda; Garcia-Iriarte, Edurne; Henry, David B.; Balcazar, Fabricio E. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
This study describes the development and validation of the Evaluation Capacity Assessment Instrument (ECAI), a measure designed to assess evaluation capacity among staff of nonprofit organizations that is based on a synthesis model of evaluation capacity. One hundred and sixty-nine staff of nonprofit organizations completed the ECAI. The 68-item…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Nonprofit Organizations, Capacity Building
Zhang, Bin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Social scientists usually are more interested in consumers' dichotomous choice, such as purchase a product or not, adopt a technology or not, etc. However, up to date, there is nearly no model can help us solve the problem of multi-network effects comparison with a dichotomous dependent variable. Furthermore, the study of multi-network…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Population Groups
Warren, John Robert; Saliba, Jim – Educational Researcher, 2012
How many students repeat a grade each year? How do retention rates vary across states and over time? Despite extensive research on the predictors and consequences of grade retention, there is no systematic way to quantify state-level retention rates; even national estimates rely on imperfect proxy measures. We present a conceptually simple…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Public Education, National Surveys