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Organizational Climate in Schools in Black Communities in South Africa: A Validation of the OCDQ-RS.
Download full textWesthuizen, Philip van der; Mentz, Kobus – 1993
Prior to April 1, 1993, the education system in South Africa was fragmented along racial lines. Five departments of education existed, each with its own political head. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the organizational climate of the Department of Education and Training, which regulated education for the 10 major black…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship
Goldstein, Irwin; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this test is to evaluate a non-native speaking student's speaking knowledge of the basic structures of English, using the most frequently used words in the English Language. The test does not attempt to determine vocabulary level or student's ability to learn vocabulary effectively, rather the test focuses exclusively on aural/oral…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedSiegel, Arthur I.; Bergman, Brian A. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
In coping with the problems that have arisen from the rulings of the Supreme Court on equal employment opportunities, a preemployment test was devised that combined miniature job training with tests which are content relevant to all who are tested. (RK)
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Training, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedChaney, Lillian H.; Billett, Nancy J. – Business Education Forum, 1975
The pilot study, limited to 37 beginning shorthand students at Memphis State University, was an attempt to develop a "credit by examination" instrument. (MW)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Credits, Equivalency Tests, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedCarrow, Elizabeth – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1974
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Language Handicaps
Lichtenstein, Robert – 1988
The Gesell School Readiness Screening Test (GSRST) is widely used to identify "developmentally immature" children for placement in extra-year, transition programs in spite of a problematic absence of psychometric evidence and research support. In this study of psychometric characteristics of the GSRST, teacher ratings of classroom…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education
Barnwell, David – 1989
A study addressed issues of concern in the use of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)/Educational Testing Service (ETS) Language Proficiency Guidelines commonly used in determination of oral language proficiency. Specifically, potential discrepancies between the judgments of trained raters and "naive" native…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1990
The Listening Summary Translation Exam (LSTE)-Spanish is designed to assess the ability to comprehend and summarize in written English recorded conversations spoken in Spanish. Language and topics of the exam are representative of conversations the Federal Bureau of Investigation routinely monitors. This test consists of two subtests, one…
Descriptors: English, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Program Evaluation
Van Epps, Pamela D.; Thompson, Bruce – 1990
The measurement integrity of M. A. Rahim's Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI-II) and D. M. Roussel's Managerial Frames of Mind Survey (MFMS) was investigated, as was the relationship between scores on the two measures. Subjects were 369 managers from three types of organizations: (1) higher education; (2) not-for-profit public sector…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Comparative Testing, Conflict Resolution
Keenan, P. A.; Lachar, David – 1985
The Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) is an objectively scored, multidimensional measure of child and adolescent behavior, affect, and cognitive ability and can be completed by parents. The overall goal of this project was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the PIC as a screening device for use with preschool populations. The…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Parent Participation
Hample, Dale; Dallinger, Judith M. – 1983
Wheeless' trust and solidarity scales are examined under conditions of positive and negative target person. Valence of stimulus is shown to have a strong influence on the performance of the scales. The problems on Wheeless' scales were not detected in the original validation studies because of the normal validation paradigm. That paradigm…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Measurement Techniques
Nelson, Rosemery O. – 1983
Current status and new developments in behavioral assessment for clinicians and researchers are discussed. The field of behavioral assessment has attained a recognizable identity in recent years. Behavioral assessment can be defined as the identification of meaningful response units and their controlling variables for the purposes of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Clinical Psychology, Evaluation Criteria
Jackson, Douglas N. – 1983
Concern for enhancing construct validity of vocational interest measures provides a focus for scale construction quite distinct from that derived from a criterion-referenced strategy: Construct-oriented measurement implies: (1) substantive definitions of dimensions; (2) concern for internal consistency reliability, as well as generalizability; (3)…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Criterion Referenced Tests, Factor Analysis, Interest Inventories
Keesling, J. Ward; Smith, Allen G. – 1980
Future research in Follow Through should be eclectic and comprehensive. In particular, the setting for Strand Two of the National Institute of Education's (NIE) research program for Follow Through should provide opportunities for sponsors of innovations to implement programs targeted at many outcomes. There should be a commitment to measuring…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Research Design
Chowsilpa, Siriperm – 1989
The reliability and validity of the Social Avoidance and Distress (SAD) and Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) scales developed by D. Watson and R. Friend (1969) were tested for their use with university students in Thailand. Thai translations of both tests were administered to 176 university students on two occasions, with a month between…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Attitude Measures, College Students, Foreign Countries
