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Michaelides, Michalis P. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
The Student Background survey administered along with achievement tests in studies of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement includes scales of student motivation, competence, and attitudes toward mathematics and science. The scales consist of positively- and negatively keyed items. The current research…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests
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Wise, Lauress L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2010
The articles in this special issue make two important contributions to our understanding of the impact of accommodations on test score validity. First, they illustrate a variety of methods for collection and rigorous analyses of empirical data that can supplant expert judgment of the impact of accommodations. These methods range from internal…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Assessment, Test Reliability, Learning Disabilities
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Cook, Linda; Eignor, Daniel; Sawaki, Yasuyo; Steinberg, Jonathan; Cline, Frederick – Applied Measurement in Education, 2010
This study compared the underlying factors measured by a state standards-based grade 4 English-Language Arts (ELA) assessment given to several groups of students. The focus of the research was to gather evidence regarding whether or not the tests measured the same construct or constructs for students without disabilities who took the test under…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Educational Assessment, Grade 4, State Standards