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Download full textNorthwest Evaluation Association, 2014
Recently, Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) completed a study to connect the scale of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) Testing Program used for Minnesota's mathematics and reading assessments with NWEA's RIT (Rasch Unit) scale. Information from the state assessments was used in a study to establish performance-level scores on…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Testing Programs, State Programs, Mathematics Tests
Northwest Evaluation Association, 2014
Recently, the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) completed a study to connect the scale of the North Carolina State End of Grade (EOG) Testing Program used for North Carolina's mathematics and reading assessments with NWEA's Rausch Interval Unit (RIT) scale. Information from the state assessments was used in a study to establish…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Testing Programs, Equated Scores, Standard Setting
National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The 2011 NAEP-TIMSS linking study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) was designed to predict Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) scores for the U.S. states that participated in 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and science assessment of eighth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Research Methodology, Research Design, Trend Analysis
Jamgochian, Elisa; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Lai, Cheng-Fei; Saez, Leilani; Anderson, Daniel; Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2010
In this technical report, we provide reliability and validity evidence for the easyCBM[R] Reading measures for grade 2 (word and passage reading fluency and multiple choice reading comprehension). Evidence for reliability includes internal consistency and item invariance. Evidence for validity includes concurrent, predictive, and construct…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Reading Comprehension, Testing Programs, Reading Fluency
Wise, Lauress L. – 2003
Since its inception in 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been the nation's leading indicator of what American students know and can do. The focus of this chapter is on how NAEP, as it exists today, may be useful to educators, in particular four aspects of NAEP that may be of wide interest and use. This chapter…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Predictive Measurement, Testing Programs
Peer reviewedOrgant, Gerald J. – Education, 1975
The present paper describes an attempt to establish a paper and pencil test battery for improving predictive efficiency in the selection of supporting services personnel at Montgomery County Public Schools and a report on the validation of such a procedure. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Predictive Measurement, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)
Wymer, Ivor; Rosier, M. – Tech Educ Ind Training, 1969
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Foreign Countries, Guidance Programs
Tal, Joseph – 1987
An experimental test battery (the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation battery) designed to measure numerical facility was administered to 1,451 subjects at 12 testing centers across the United States over a 5-month period. Five work samples were included: (1) arithmetic; (2) counting backwards; (3) number reasoning; (4) rule learning; and (5)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arithmetic, Computation, Factor Analysis
McConnell, John J.; Parker, Treadway C. – Training and Development Journal, 1972
With the recent government regulations and emphasis on validity of all instruments used for selection and promotion, it appears that testing programs such as that described in this article are going to be essential factors in establishing effective and acceptable assessment centers. (Editor)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Performance Factors, Personnel Evaluation
CRAWFORD, MARGARET L. – 1966
MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AND SEPARATE FACTORS OF INTELLIGENCE FOLLOWED BY EMPIRICAL COMBINATION OF THESE MEASURES INTO APTITUDE TEST BATTERIES SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. DURING THE PAST 14 YEARS, TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE HAS DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED SUCH TEST BATTERIES FOR SOME 55 TRADE AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Counseling, Predictive Measurement, Test Validity
Mkandawire, Donton S. J. – 1981
The problem of finding a meaningful way of demonstrating the benefit or satisfaction to be gained by using predictive assessment techniques to select or place individuals in work situations is explored. The urgent need of developing nations for appropriate occupational and educational selection procedures is presented and explained. A discussion…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Models
Novick, Melvin R.; Jackson, Paul H. – 1969
This paper presents a discussion of the use of educational tests in guidance services as seen in the light of modern developments in statistical theory and computer technology, and of the increasing demands for such services. A focus and vocabulary for this discussion is found in Turnbull's recent article on "Relevance in Testing." Following an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science, Educational Environment, Educational Research
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 2002
Recent reports of high levels of achievement on the Regents examinations in New York state and relatively poor showing on the eighth grade examinations have led many to speculate that the eighth grade examinations lack good predictive properties with respect to the Regents examinations. There are many problems with arriving at such a conclusion,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Construct Validity, English, Language Arts
Peer reviewedRepapi, Myrto; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1983
Family background data and California Psychological Inventory (CPI) protocols were obtained from 1643 Greek students from 19 schools in the City of Athens. The CPI measures showed sufficient predictive validity in this cross-cultural application to warrant further research at higher educational levels, and in special subgroups such as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedSatz, Paul; Friel, Janette – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Evaluated was the ability of an abbreviated test battery, given at the beginning of kindergarten, to predict reading group membership at the end of the second grade for 132 kindergarten children. (BD)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Predictive Measurement
