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Teacher Effects as a Measure of Teacher Effectiveness: Construct Validity Considerations in TVAAS (Tennessee Value Added Assessment System).
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Kupermintz, Haggai; Shepard, Lorrie; Linn, Robert – 2001
This paper examines the validity of measures of teacher effectiveness from the Tennessee Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS). It considers the following claims regarding teacher effects: (1) they capture teachers' unique contributions to student learning adequately; (2) they reflect adequate standards of excellence for comparing teachers; (3)…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Simulation, State Programs
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. NELS:88 Mathematics Achievement.
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Kupermintz, Haggai; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1995
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The eighth- and tenth-grade mathematics tests from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) were…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: I. NELS:88 Mathematics Achievement.
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Kupermintz, Haggai; And Others – 1994
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) 8th- and 10th-grade math tests were subjected to full…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis