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Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole; DuBois, David; Ji, Peter; Hillaker, Barbara; Weikart, David P. – Forum for Youth Investment, 2014
Everyone who runs a youth program believes in their hearts that their program helps kids, but in their heads, they know they need convincing data to prove it. This guide--updated from 2011--is here to help them get the data they need. The guide addresses a common problem throughout the youth field: Out-of-school time (OST) programs can help youth…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Outcome Measures, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Metheny, Jennifer; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; O'Neil, Maya Elin – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
This article examines available measures of perceived teacher support and presents findings from two studies exploring the psychometric properties of the Teacher Support Scale (TSS). In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis suggested a hierarchical structure with four first-order factors (Invested, Positive Regard, Expectations, and Accessible…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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Barnett, David W.; Macmann, Gregg M. – Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper uses the concepts of decision reliability and validity to analyze three alternative psychoeducational assessment strategies: multiple gating, template matching, and time-series methods. It argues that relatively little knowledge is gained through analysis of individual scales and assessment technologies without considering the…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Gabriel, Roy M.; And Others – 1990
This consumer's guide provides descriptive information about currently available surveys of student alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. Its purposes are to inform schools and communities about the instruments available to survey student AOD use, and to delineate the issues faced by educators while selecting or developing a survey instrument to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Data Interpretation, Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education