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Mostafa M. Samy; Mohamed A. Metwally; Mahmoud Ashry; Wael M. Elmayyah – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2025
Gas Turbine Engines (GTE) have the highest power-to-weight ratio among Internal Combustion Engines (ICE). Its modularity and ability to utilize various types of fuel make it highly recommended in power plants, naval transportation, and, of course, the most equipped in aviation. The lack of GTEs' real data is increasing a recognized need for…
Descriptors: Engines, Power Technology, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Dockterman, Daniel Milo – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Student surveys have gained prominence in recent years as a way to give students a voice in their learning process, and teacher self-reports have always been an effective instrument for revealing the planning, intentions, and expectations behind a given lesson. Though student and teacher surveys are widely used, extant research in education has…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Methods
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Huang, Xiaoping; Hu, Zhongfeng – Higher Education Studies, 2015
The main problem of the educational evaluation validity is that it just copies the conceptual framework system of validity from educational measurement to its own conceptual system. The validity conceptual system that fits the need of theory and practice of educational evaluation has not been established yet. According to the inherent attributive…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Problems, Theory Practice Relationship
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Gargani, John; Strong, Michael – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
In Gargani and Strong (2014), we describe The Rapid Assessment of Teacher Effectiveness (RATE), a new teacher evaluation instrument. Our account of the validation research associated with RATE inspired a review by Good and Lavigne (2015). Here, we reply to the main points of their review. We elaborate on the validity, reliability, theoretical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Richards, Andrew – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
Two quantitative measures of school performance are currently used, the average points score (APS) at Key Stage 2 and value-added (VA), which measures the rate of academic improvement between Key Stage 1 and 2. These figures are used by parents and the Office for Standards in Education to make judgements and comparisons. However, simple…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Correlation
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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
Bailey, Jennifer; Little, Chelsea; Rigney, Rex; Thaler, Anna; Weiderman, Ken; Yorkovich, Ben – Online Submission, 2010
This handbook is designed as a quick reference for first-year teachers who find themselves in an assessment driven environment with little experience to help make sense of the language, underlying philosophy, or organizational structure of the assessment system. The handbook begins with advice on developing and evaluating effective learning…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment
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Mislevy, Robert J.; Haertel, Geneva; Cheng, Britte H.; Ructtinger, Liliana; DeBarger, Angela; Murray, Elizabeth; Rose, David; Gravel, Jenna; Colker, Alexis M.; Rutstein, Daisy; Vendlinski, Terry – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
Standardizing aspects of assessments has long been recognized as a tactic to help make evaluations of examinees fair. It reduces variation in irrelevant aspects of testing procedures that could advantage some examinees and disadvantage others. However, recent attention to making assessment accessible to a more diverse population of students…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Access to Education, Testing, Psychometrics
Baker, Eva L. – Educational Technology, 1974
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Improvement
Hoepfner, Ralph – 1970
Today's educational system is criticized for neglecting the affective components of education. This evaluation attempts to simplify the task of selecting and incorporating these affective components into an existing system of goals. The best selection of affective goals is one that is inclusive, objective and flexible. The sources used in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives, Conferences, Educational Objectives
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Dimes, R. E. – Physics Education, 1973
Summarizes classifications of educational objectives, types of test items, and principles underlying the construction of tests. Indicates that a combination of essay and objective tests is preferable in the overall evaluation of a course. (CC)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Objective Tests
Fair, Jean, Ed. – 1975
This report of a study conducted by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) reviews, interprets, and disseminates findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in citizenship and social studies. The study represents an investigation funded by the Education Commission of the States and coordinated by a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Evaluation
Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Jones, Debra Hughes; McCann, Erin – National Staff Development Council, 2009
The National Staff Development Council (NSDC), a private, nonprofit association, has outlined high standards for educator professional learning. One demonstration of NSDC's commitment to the goal of ensuring all schools support and use high standards for professional learning is the organization's investment in developing an instrument to assess…
Descriptors: Evidence, Psychometrics, Faculty Development, Academic Standards
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Englert, David R.; Weed, Nathan C.; Watson, G. Stennis – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2000
Explores the structure of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (2nd ed.) Low Self-Esteem Content Scale using principal components analysis. Associations with other measures provide evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Objectives, Personality Measures, Self Esteem
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Wikman, Anders – Social Indicators Research, 2006
In general, it is assumed that distinct true values will be found behind what is actually measured in surveys. By acquiring sufficient knowledge of measurement error, its extent and nature, we are supposed to be able to obtain adequate knowledge of underlying properties. It could be maintained, however, that this idea of a stable and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Test Validity, Responses, Error of Measurement
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