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Methodologies for Investigating and Interpreting Student-Teacher Rating Incongruence in Noncognitive Assessment
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Flake, Jessica Kay; Petway, Kevin Terrance, II – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
Numerous studies merely note divergence in students' and teachers' ratings of student noncognitive constructs. However, given the increased attention and use of these constructs in educational research and practice, an in-depth study focused on this issue was needed. Using a variety of quantitative methodologies, we thoroughly investigate…
Descriptors: Teachers, Students, Achievement Rating, Interrater Reliability
A Meta-Analysis of Research on the Read Aloud Accommodation
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Buzick, Heather; Stone, Elizabeth – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2014
Read aloud is a testing accommodation that has been studied by many researchers, and its use on K-12 assessments continues to be debated because of its potential to change the measured construct or unfairly increase test scores. This study is a summary of quantitative research on the read aloud accommodation. Previous studies contributed…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Aloud to Others, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis
Do 45% of College Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills? Revisiting a Central Conclusion of "Academically Adrift"
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Lane, David; Oswald, Frederick L. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The educational literature, the popular press, and educated laypeople have all echoed a conclusion from the book "Academically Adrift" by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa (which has now become received wisdom), namely, that 45% of college students showed no significant gains in critical thinking skills. Similar results were reported by…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Statistical Analysis
Evaluating the Predictive Value of Growth Prediction Models
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Murphy, Daniel L.; Gaertner, Matthew N. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2014
This study evaluates four growth prediction models--projection, student growth percentile, trajectory, and transition table--commonly used to forecast (and give schools credit for) middle school students' future proficiency. Analyses focused on vertically scaled summative mathematics assessments, and two performance standards conditions (high…
Descriptors: Prediction, Models, Achievement Gains, Middle School Students
Illustrating the Utility of Differential Bundle Functioning Analyses To Identify and Interpret Group Differences on Achievement Tests.
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Gierl, Mark J.; Bisanz, Jeffrey; Bisanz, Gay L.; Boughton, Keith A.; Khaliq, Shameem Nyla – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2001
Describes some recent advances in the study of differential group performance and illustrates some of the ways that substantive analyses can be integrated with multidimensional, bundles-based statistical methods using test specifications to organize the analyses. Highlights some future directions for the analysis of differential item functioning.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Item Bias, Statistical Analysis
The Technical Quality of Performance Assessments: Standard Errors of Percents of Pupils Reaching Standards.
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Yen, Wendy M. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1997
The accuracy of statistics based on performance assessments that represent percentages of students reaching standards is explored using data from a large-scale performance assessment, the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program. Results with students in grades 3, 5, and 8 support the accuracy of pooling results to produce the statistics.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Error of Measurement, Performance Based Assessment