Four indices for investigating inter-observer accuracy in observational instruments (contingency coefficient, Scott's pi, Bernstein's coefficient, and percent agreement) are reviewed concerning their assumptions, formulation, and tables indicating numerical functioning. Three of the four indices (excluding the contingency coefficient) are compared…

This paper is an examination, both theoretical and empirical, of three measures of desegregation (the dissimilarity index, the segregation index and the information theory index) with the empirical focus on school desegregation. (Author)

The semantic differential--one approach to attitude measurement--basically records a combination of a person's associations with a particular concept with a scaling procedure. This paper considers the implications of such a device for teachers of mathematics. (Author/MK)

Profiling, a procedure for evaluating methodological adequacy, a prerequisite for the acceptance or rejection of the conclusions of the investigation, is discussed. Three elements of this procedure are presented: (1) structuring of a logical argument, (2) generation of data and (3) analysis of data. All three elements are employed in hypothesis…

THESE GUIDELINES ARE FOR THE USE OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES IN COLLECTING DATA AND FORMULATING DESIGNS TO EVALUATE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. PROVISIONS FOR EVALUATION ARE A REQUIRED PART OF EACH PROJECT PROPOSAL, AND EVALUATIVE DATA REPORTED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE SYNTHESIZED AND…

THE THEME OF THIS PROGRAM WAS THE USE OF PROBABILISTIC MODELS AS MEASUREMENT TOOLS FOR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN IN TEST CONSTRUCTION AND FOR ANALYSIS OF TEST DATA. SOME CENTRAL ISSUES IN THIS FIELD ARE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED IN THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS OF THE REPORT UNDER THE FOLLOWING TITLES--(1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITEM SELECTION, (2) CLUSTERING…

GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT EVALUATING THE TOTAL MISSOURI TITLE I PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL TITLE I PROJECTS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR PRESENTING TABULAR DATA IN PART I OF THE REPORT, FOR DEVELOPING EVALUATION DESIGNS AND CRITERIA, AND FOR COMPUTING QUARTILE POINTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF THE SEPARATE PROJECTS…

Findings of Phase I (Pilot Program) of the Pennsylvania Assessment of Educational Quality program are presented in relation to the design of the phase, the rationale for measurement, the procedures for data collection and data processing, and the results of the first analysis of the data. Tests were given to 1413 fifth graders and 1285 eleventh…

This study concerns the development of a measure of educational need and its use in a State school support formula in New York. The study assumes that public schools should operate positively to further equality of opportunity and that schools are able to affect achievement levels and rates of learning. The present State-aid formula is not…

The applicability of the Rasch model to data from a typical personality test, the High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ), was studied. The data were gathered on Junior High and High School students in the Louisville Public Schools (Kentucky). Item easinesses and person abilities were estimated and compared by age group, within each age…

The development and data validation of the 1977 Ladd-Lipset national survey of the American professoriate are described. The respondents were selected from a random sample of colleges and universities and from a random sample of individual faculty members from the universities. The 158 institutions in the 1977 survey were selected from 2,406…

Development and use of instruments and procedures to measure affective aspects of educational programs are described. The document is part of a final report of a project to humanize education by helping schools identify affective priorities and measurement needs. The document is presented in three sections. Section I describes measures developed…