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Peer reviewedShavelson, R. J., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1994
The seven chapters of this issue focus on technical qualities of performance assessments and report the findings of systematic empirical inquiries. They add to the body of research that shows that performance assessment, although time consuming and expensive, merits the serious attention of educators. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, International Studies
Peer reviewedBejar, Isaac I.; Yocom, Peter – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1991
An approach to test modeling is illustrated that encompasses both response consistency and response difficulty. This generative approach makes validation an ongoing process. An analysis of hidden figure items with 60 high school students supports the feasibility of the method. (SLD)
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, High School Students
Peer reviewedKohn, Paul M.; Milrose, Jill A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
A decontaminated measure of exposures to hassles for adolescents, the Inventory of High-School Students' Recent Life Experiences (IHSSRLE), was developed and validated with 94 male and 82 female Canadian high school students. The IHSSRLE shows adequate internal consistency reliability and validity against the criterion of subjectively appraised…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Thomas, Paulette J. – Diagnostique, 1990
Designed for use with individuals ages 3 months to 44 years, the Scales of Independent Behavior (SIB) measure adaptive behavior and problem behaviors in such areas as motor skills, social interaction, language, personal self-care, punctuality, destructiveness, and inattention. This paper describes the SIB's administration, scoring,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems
Howell, Kenneth W. – Diagnostique, 1990
The Test of Mathematical Abilities is used to identify students (ages 8-18) who are above or below age peers in 5 areas (attitude toward math, vocabulary, computation, general information, and story problems). This paper describes the test's administration, summation of data, standardization, reliability, and validity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Peer reviewedDeivert, Richard G. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1991
Examines whether Fourth Amendment of United States Constitution applies to relationship between student athlete and educational institution and whether drug testing is illegal search and seizure in violation of the amendment. Suggests that institutions strike an appropriate balance between helping student athletes protect their own health, while…
Descriptors: Athletes, Civil Liberties, Drug Use Testing, Due Process
Peer reviewedDorans, Neil J.; Lyu, C. Felicia; Pommerich, Mary; Houston, Walter M. – College and University, 1997
This study developed concordant relationships between American College Testing Program and Scholastic Assessment Test scores for students taking both examinations between October 1994 and December 1996. Fourteen universities and two state education departments participated in the study. Text provides information on data collection, sample…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Data Collection
Peer reviewedKlein, Stephen P. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1998
Discusses how recent court decisions and the move toward performance assessment may affect the adverse impact, reliability, validity, and pass-fail standards of teacher-certification tests. Recommendations are made for tests that combine multiple-choice items with open-ended tasks. (SLD)
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests
Zigler, Edward; Bennett-Gates, Dianne; Hodapp, Robert; Henrich, Christopher C. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2002
Analysis of data from 661 students with cultural-familial mental retardation yielded a 37-item, 7-scale personality instrument that confirmed five hypothesized factors of Positive Reaction Tendency, Negative Reaction Tendency, Effectance Motivator, Expectancy of Success, and Outerdirectedness and identified two additional factors of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Creativity, Emotional Response
Direct linkWadsworth, Martha E.; Rieckmann, Traci; Benson, Molly A.; Compas, Bruce E. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
This study tested the factor structure of coping and stress responses in Navajo adolescents and examined the reliability and validity of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ; Connor-Smith, Compas, Wadsworth, Thomsen, & Saltzman, 2000) with this population. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that a correlated five-factor model of…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), American Indians, Stress Management, Factor Structure
Carter, Shani D. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2005
The 1990s and early 2000s saw the increased development of advanced training, skills standards, and certification exams by private organizations in the United States. Employers began accepting these skill certifications in lieu of traditional on-the-job training, thereby encouraging employees to acquire more credentials. This article examines the…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, On the Job Training, Certification, Educational Certificates
Tyson, Edgar H. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objective: This study tests the validity of the Rap-music Attitude and Perception (RAP) Scale, a 1-page, 24-item measure of a person's thoughts and feelings surrounding the effects and content of rap music. The RAP was designed as a rapid assessment instrument for youth programs and practitioners using rap music and hip hop culture in their work…
Descriptors: Music, Structural Equation Models, Test Validity, Factor Structure
Capella, Michele E.; Turner, Ronna C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2004
Although state agencies are required by law to assess their consumers' satisfaction with vocational rehabilitation (VR), each state uses its own instrument to measure satisfaction. This not only makes comparisons across states impossible but also means that the quality of these instruments varies widely from state to state. As with other…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, State Agencies, Test Construction, Satisfaction
Gottfredson, Stephen D.; Moriarty, Laura J. – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
Statistically based risk assessment devices are widely used in criminal justice settings. Their promise remains largely unfulfilled, however, because assumptions and premises requisite to their development and application are routinely ignored and/or violated. This article provides a brief review of the most salient of these assumptions and…
Descriptors: Risk, Justice, Criminals, Crime
Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; Williams, Susan K.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia; Aman, Michael G.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Cronin, Pegeen; Grados, Marco; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Koenig, Kathleen; Lam, Kristen S. L.; McGough, James; Posey, David J.; Ritz, Louise; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scales (CYBOCS) modified for pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). Method: Raters from five Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network were trained to reliability. The modified scale (CYBOCS-PDD), which contains only…
Descriptors: Children, Severity (of Disability), Test Reliability, Behavior Disorders
