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Adequacy of Retrospective Judgments to Establish Instructional Validity.
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Poggio, John P.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
College faculty served as judges to rate the instructional validity of items on the National Teacher Examinations Core Battery. The ratings were examined in relation to actual test performance, as well as panelists' ratings of item difficulty and relevance. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Content Validity, Difficulty Level, Education Majors
Influence of Type of Judge, Normative Information, and Discussion on Standards Recommended for the National Teacher Examinations.
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Busch, John Christian; Jaeger, Richard M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990
The effects of using recommended data collection procedures on median recommended test standards, variability of recommended test standards, and reliability of recommended standards for 7 subtests of the National Teacher Examinations Communications Skills and General Knowledge Tests were explored, using 236 evaluators (75 public school teachers…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Collection, Evaluators, Higher Education
An Exploratory Assessment of Content Validation Processes Used with the National Teacher Examinations.
Busch, John Christian; Jaeger, Richard M. – 1989
The role of expert judges in establishing the content validity of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) was examined in a detailed study. The NTE are used in 22 states for screening applicants to teacher education programs and/or for screening candidates for initial teacher certification. Such extensive use of the NTE has stimulated 35 recent…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Content Validity, Data Collection, Evaluators
Knowledge for Teachers: The Origin of the National Teacher Examinations Program.
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Wilson, Ann Jarvella – 1985
The National Teacher Examinations (NTE), were first administered in 1940. Teacher examinations had existed in the United States since colonial New England. During the late 1920's, intelligence tests became popular; teaching aptitude, subject matter competence, and knowledge of testing were also measured. In 1931, a cooperative program of the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria