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Arielle Boguslav; Julie Cohen – Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
Teacher preparation programs are increasingly expected to use data on preservice teacher (PST) skills to drive program improvement and provide targeted supports. Observational ratings are especially vital, but also prone to measurement issues. Scores may be influenced by factors unrelated to PSTs' instructional skills, including rater standards.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Measures (Individuals), Evaluation Problems, Teaching Skills
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Sokolovic, Nina; Brunsek, Ashley; Rodrigues, Michelle; Borairi, Sahar; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Perlman, Michal – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: In this study, we tested whether it is possible to reliably evaluate the quality of interactions between early childhood educators and children using a thin-slice coding approach. Ninety-seven early childhood educators were videotaped for two five-minute intervals: one mealtime observation and one standardized activity. Videos…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Teacher Student Relationship, Test Reliability, Early Childhood Teachers
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Lily Fritz; Emily Hanno; Junlei Li; Stephanie Jones; Nonie Lesaux – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background & Context: Early childhood contexts characterized by high-quality adult-child interactions have important consequences for children's development (Hamre, 2014; Peisner-Feinberg et al., 2001). The use of classroom observation tools to measure the quality of such interactions in early education and care (EEC) settings has become…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Observation
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Curenton, Stephanie M.; Iruka, Iheoma U.; Humphries, Marisha; Jensen, Bryant; Durden, Tonia; Rochester, Shana E.; Sims, Jacqueline; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Kinzie, Mable B. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to refine and validate the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES), an observation tool for measuring equitable sociocultural interactions in early childhood classrooms (pre-K to Grade 3) with racially minoritized learners (RMLs). Preliminary psychometric information from 142…
Descriptors: Observation, Measures (Individuals), Early Childhood Education, Minority Group Students
Shah, Harshini; Niland, Katherine; Kharsa, Miranda; Caronongan, Pia; Moiduddin, Emily – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2020
In 2017, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funded Mathematica to conduct the Infant and Toddler Teacher and Caregiver Competencies (ITTCC) project. The project aims to examine existing efforts across states, institutions of higher education, professional organizations, and…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Caregivers, Preschool Teachers
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Jensen, Bryant; Pérez Martínez, María Guadalupe; García Medina, Adán Moisés; Martínez, José Felipe; Benito Cox, Carolina; Larsen, Ross – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
Measures of teaching are used internationally to understand and improve quality in early education with little consideration for ecological validity. In this study, we analyze videos gathered in 58 K-1 classrooms in Central Mexico to evaluate the validity and reliability of scores from an observational tool developed in the U.S. and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Kindergarten, Grade 1