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Direct linkGottfredson, 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
Malone, Margaret E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Since their initial publication in 1982, the ACTFL Guidelines and oral proficiency interview (OPI) have enjoyed widespread use by foreign language educators. They have also been the target of much criticism by researchers of second language acquisition and testing. Much of this criticism has focused on validity claims for the OPI. Other research…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Language Tests, Interrater Reliability, Criticism
Shultz, Jennifer; Aman, Michael; Kelbley, Thomas; Wallace, Cheryl LeClear; Burt, Diana B.; Primeaux-Hart, Sharon; Loveland, Katherine; Thorpe, Lilian; Bogos, Eleanor S.; Timon, John; Patti, Paul; Tsiouris, John – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
We compared groups with and without diagnosed dementia matched on IQ, age, and presence of Down syndrome. The Dementia Scale for Down Syndrome and Dementia Questionnaire for Mentally Retarded Persons were used to assess participants. We developed two performance tasks to determine whether they were useful in separating subjects with and without…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Dementia, Older Adults, Down Syndrome
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
Cox, Enid O.; Green, Kathy E.; Seo, Honglan; Inaba, Miyuki; Quillen, Alicia Alyla – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: Measures are lacking that address the challenges that people think they face in their roles as elderly care receivers. However, the development of a sense of efficacy in this role by mentally competent care receivers is critical to successful partnerships between caregivers and care receivers. The purpose of this article is to report the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Caregivers, Geriatrics, Factor Structure
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Kaloyirou, Chrystalla; Lindsay, Geoff – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Bullying is a problem in schools in many countries. There would be a benefit in the availability of a psychometrically sound instrument for its measurement, for use by teachers and researchers. The Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire has been used in a number of studies but comprehensive evidence on its validity is not available. Aims:…
Descriptors: Mathematical Formulas, Probability, Victims of Crime, Student Behavior
Download full textTsagari, Dina – Online Submission, 2007
The review presented and discussed in this paper explores the theoretical underpinnings and research findings of the washback of high-stakes tests in the field of language teaching and testing as well general education and suggests areas and ways of researching the phenomenon in the future. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Testing, Influences, Language Tests, High Stakes Tests
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2007
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) focused attention on the academic achievement of more than 5 million students with limited English proficiency. Obtaining valid test results for these students is challenging, given their language barriers. This testimony describes: (1) the extent to which these students are meeting annual academic…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Test Results, State Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education
Cook, Bryan G.; Cameron, David L.; Tankersley, Melody – Journal of Special Education, 2007
The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to explore the use of a new rating scale that measures teachers' attitudes toward their students and (b) to investigate the attitudes of inclusive teachers toward their students with disabilities using the rating scale. Fifty inclusive elementary teachers in 12 northeast Ohio schools rated all of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Validity, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Fisher, Celia B.; Fried, Adam L.; Anushko, Andrea – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: The authors developed and validated measures of college drinking expectations, psychosocial influences, and values. Participants: Freshmen at college entry (N = 320) and the end of freshman year (N = 420) participated. Methods: The College Drinking Influences Survey, administered in paper and Web-based versions, consists of 3 distinct…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Social Influences
Rosenfeld, Michael; And Others – 1994
This study examined whether the reading, writing, and mathematics skill statements derived for the Praxis I Basic Skills Assessments and the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) are considered by educators to be important for entry-level teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students. The study is based on a survey of 833 teachers, administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Alderson, J. Charles; And Others – 1995
The guide is intended for teachers who must construct language tests and for other professionals who may need to construct, evaluate, or use the results of language tests. Most examples are drawn from the field of English-as-a-Second-Language instruction in the United Kingdom, but the principles and practices described may be applied to the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability, Language Tests
Armstrong, William B. – 1994
As part of an effort to statistically validate the placement tests used in California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) a study was undertaken to review the criteria- and content-related validity of the Assessment and Placement Services (APS) reading and writing tests. Evidence of criteria and content validity was gathered from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, Community Colleges, Correlation
Zhang, Zhicheng; RiCharde, R. Stephen – 1997
A study was conducted to examine the validity of the Learning-Thinking Style Inventory (LTSI) and to investigate the learning and thinking styles of college students in relation to their major and academic performance. Generated out of the framework of personality model and information processing theory, the 49-item LTSI embraces a broad spectrum…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Engineering
Katz, Lilian G. – 1997
The concept of developmental appropriateness can be applied to the assessment of young children. Clarifying the main purpose for which children are assessed can help determine what kinds of assessments would be most appropriate. Assessment of individual children might serve one of the following purposes: (1) to determine progress on significant…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
