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Wong, Anita M. -Y.; Leung, Cynthia; Siu, Elaine K. -L.; Lam, Catherine C. -C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study reports on the validation of the language domain subtest of a developmental assessment scale for Cantonese Chinese preschool children. Three hundred and seventy eight multi-stage randomly selected children between 3;4 and 6;3 years of age were tested on the 104-item subtest. Fifty-four of these children, spreading across three age…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Test Reliability, Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals)
Kass, Darrin; Grandzol, Christian; Bommer, William – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
Consistent with previous research, the authors found that the combined use of undergraduate grade point average and the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) verbal and quantitative sections successfully predicted performance in a master of business administration (MBA) program. However, these measures did not successfully predict the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Program Effectiveness, Business Administration Education
Bieri, Christine; Schuler, Patricia – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2011
There has been increasing interest in assessing teachers' cross-curricular competencies as a result of reforms in teacher education in Switzerland. At Zurich University of Teacher Education, future students who do not have formal qualifications are required to pass several examinations and a test, which is known as an "assessment…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Program Effectiveness
Wyker, Brett A.; Jordan, Patricia; Quigley, Danielle L. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: Application of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) evaluation and development and validation of an evaluation tool used to measure TTM constructs is described. Methods: Surveys were collected from parents of children receiving food at Summer Food Service Program sites prior…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Nutrition, Parents
Lobbestael, Jill; Arntz, Arnoud; Harkema-Schouten, Petra; Bernstein, David – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: We conducted a comprehensive assessment of the reliability and validity of the Interview for Traumatic Events in Childhood (ITEC, Lobbestael, Arntz, Kremers, & Sieswerda, 2006), a retrospective, semi-structured interview for childhood maltreatment. The ITEC aims to yield dimensional scores for severity of experiences of different…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Sexual Abuse
Welsh, Jennifer L.; Schmidt, Fred; McKinnon, Lauren; Chattha, H. K.; Meyers, Joanna R. – Assessment, 2008
Promising new adolescent risk assessment tools are being incorporated into clinical practice but currently possess limited evidence of predictive validity regarding their individual and/or combined use in risk assessments. The current study compares three structured adolescent risk instruments, Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Predictive Validity, Risk, Program Effectiveness
Sadler, Philip M., Ed.; Sonnert, Gerhard, Ed.; Tai, Robert H., Ed.; Klopfenstein, Kristin, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
With an annual yearly growth rate of 9.3 percent over the last two decades, Advanced Placement courses have become a juggernaut in American high school education. AP courses are routinely perceived as an indicator of educational rigor, and many schools push to enroll low-income or minority students in these courses in the hope of preparing them…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Brown, Richard S.; Coughlin, Ed – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2007
This report examines the availability and quality of predictive validity data for a selection of benchmark assessments identified by state and district personnel as in use within Mid-Atlantic Region jurisdictions. Based on a review of practices within the school districts in the region, this report details the benchmark assessments being used, in…
Descriptors: Test Content, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Program Effectiveness

Allen, Bernadene V. – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
Suggests that not only can scholastic achievement be boosted to a significant degree, but that it can be boosted by those students whom most educators believe have the least chance for school improvement, namely, EOP students. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Educationally Disadvantaged

Farris, Pamela; And Others – Illinois School Research and Development, 1984
Reports findings of a study conducted at a midwestern university to determine whether a battery of basic skills tests would accurately predict student success in professional education courses. Concludes that test performance was consistent with the general grade point average throughout the college. (FL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Competency Based Teacher Education
Tyson, Edgar H.; Glisson, Charles – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study examined the cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the Shortform Assessment for Children (SAC) using a sample of 562 African American and 692 White children. Method: A prospective, two-panel survey design was used in this study. Baseline and 6-month follow-up data were used to conduct analyses of the reliability and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Rating Scales
Tripp, John D.; Todd, Anne H. – 1982
A project was conducted to develop a model for evaluating placement testing in the North Carolina System of Community Colleges. Researchers at Central Piedmont Community College conducted a longitudinal study of students' progress through the college curriculum as it related to placement test scores. The following numbers of students comprised the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Equivalency Tests
Zill, Nicholas; Resnick, Gary; Kim, Kwang; O'Donnell, Kevin; Sorongon, Alberto; McKey, Ruth Hubbell; Pai-Samant, Shefali; Clark, Cheryl; O'Brien, Robert; D'Elio, Mary Ann – 2003
In 1997, Head Start launched the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), a study of a national random sample of Head Start programs, designed to describe characteristics, experiences, and outcomes for children and families served by Head Start. In 2000, FACES began data collection on a new national cohort of 2,800 children and their families…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Educational Quality, Family Characteristics