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Chiang, Chung-Hsin; Wu, Chin-Chin; Hou, Yuh-Ming; Chu, Ching-Lin; Liu, Jiun-Horng; Soong, Wei-Tsuen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This study's purpose was to modify the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds (STAT) into a Taiwanese version called T-STAT. Study 1 included 15 children with Autism and 15 children with Developmental Delay (DD) or language impairment (LI) aged between 24 and 35 months. Study 2 had 77 young children with Autism, PDD-NOS, or DD/LI as a…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Autism, Language Impairments, Test Validity
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Schweizer, Fabian; Wustenberg, Sascha; Greiff, Samuel – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
This study examines the validity of the complex problem solving (CPS) test MicroDYN by investigating a) the relation between its dimensions--rule identification (exploration strategy), rule knowledge (acquired knowledge), rule application (control performance)--and working memory capacity (WMC), and b) whether CPS predicts school grades in…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Problem Solving, Grades (Scholastic), Test Validity
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Oncu, Erman – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Physical Education Attitude Scale for Preservice Classroom Teachers (PEAS-PCT). The study was conducted on 561 Turkish preservice classroom teachers at the end of the 2011-2012 Fall Semester. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ascertain the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Preservice Teachers, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Johnsen, Susan K. – Gifted Child Today, 2013
This column focuses on the challenge of assessment and accountability in providing services to gifted students.The new Common Core State Standards in mathematics and language arts require new assessments for measuring student progress. The gifted field must be a part of the conversation in designing these tools. The National Association for Gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Disley, Philip; Hatton, Chris; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Equity Perception Scale -- Intellectual Disability Services (EPS-IDS), a detailed measure of staff equity perceptions in services for people with intellectual disability (ID). The EPS-IDS contains 3 relationship indices that assess staff relationships with their…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Intellectual Disability, Caregiver Attitudes
Foote, Laura S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
What happens when students go to college? An important outcome of college attendance is student cognitive development. Part of that developmental process is learning how to address contrasting values, beliefs, knowledge structures, and worldviews critically. This study addressed the relationship between cognitive and Christian-faith development in…
Descriptors: Christianity, World Views, Cognitive Development, College Students
Fields, Ray – National Assessment Governing Board, 2013
The National Assessment Governing Board is conducting a program of research to determine the feasibility of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reporting on the academic preparedness of U.S. 12th grade students, in reading and mathematics, for college and job training. Twelfth grade is the end of mandatory schooling for most…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Test Validity, Grade 12, High School Students
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Wiley, Colby P.; Wedeking, Travis; Galindo, Addy M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
This article reviews the Conners Early Childhood (Conners EC; Conners, 2009), a behavior and development rating scale intended to assess children in early childhood, specifically defined as ages 2 to 6 years. Using multiple informants across multiple settings, the Conners EC is administered for the purpose of early identification of disorders or…
Descriptors: Test Reviews, Rating Scales, Developmental Delays, Disability Identification
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Lovett, Benjamin J.; Leja, Ashley M. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2013
Students with disabilities are often given tests under accommodated conditions to reduce the effect of their disability on their scores. Students' perceptions of their own accommodations are important for several reasons and have been the topic of a number of research studies. Some studies have tested students under multiple conditions and asked…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, Testing, Student Attitudes
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Rogers, Katherine D.; Young, Alys; Lovell, Karina; Campbell, Malcolm; Scott, Paul R.; Kendal, Sarah – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2013
The present study is aimed to translate 3 widely used clinical assessment measures into British Sign Language (BSL), to pilot the BSL versions, and to establish their validity and reliability. These were the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Sign Language, Mental Health
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Hill, Tara M.; Laux, John M.; Stone, Gregory; Dupuy, Paula; Scott, Holly – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2013
Rasch analysis of the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-3 (SASSI-3; F. G. Miller & Lazowski, 1999) indicated that the SASSI-3 meets fundamental measurement properties; however, the authors of the current study recommend the elimination of nonfunctioning items and the improvement of response options for the face valid scales to…
Descriptors: Test Items, Substance Abuse, Usability, Test Validity
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Tsuchiya, Kenji J.; Matsumoto, Kaori; Yagi, Atsuko; Inada, Naoko; Kuroda, Miho; Inokuchi, Eiko; Koyama, Tomonori; Kamio, Yoko; Tsujii, Masatsugu; Sakai, Saeko; Mohri, Ikuko; Taniike, Masako; Iwanaga, Ryoichiro; Ogasahara, Kei; Miyachi, Taishi; Nakajima, Shunji; Tani, Iori; Ohnishi, Masafumi; Inoue, Masahiko; Nomura, Kazuyo; Hagiwara, Taku; Uchiyama, Tokio; Ichikawa, Hironobu; Kobayashi, Shuji; Miyamoto, Ken; Nakamura, Kazuhiko; Suzuki, Katsuaki; Mori, Norio; Takei, Nori – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
To examine the inter-rater reliability of Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, Japanese Version (ADI-R-JV), the authors recruited 51 individuals aged 3-19 years, interviewed by two independent raters. Subsequently, to assess the discriminant and diagnostic validity of ADI-R-JV, the authors investigated 317 individuals aged 2-19 years, who were…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Autism, Correlation, Clinical Diagnosis
Kamarulzaman, Wirawani; Nordin, Mohamad Sahari – Online Submission, 2012
This paper is intended to examine the validity of Big 5 Personality test inventory of 44 questions with 5-Likert Scale measurement. Confirmatory factory analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine the good fit indices of the 5 personality types. Those types are 1) extraversion, 2) agreeableness, 3) conscientiousness, 4) openness and 5) neuroticism.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Personality Measures, Likert Scales, Undergraduate Students
Cunningham, Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Early identification and intervention of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can have beneficial effects that extend into later life. However, currently used instruments have difficulties detecting children who may have an ASD. The current study investigated the utility of a newly published measure, Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS). Participants…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Rating Scales, Test Validity
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Ari, Omer – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2012
Recent findings of passageless comprehension by college readers have added to the fallout with standardized reading comprehension tests and have called for theoretically and psychometrically stronger options. Reviewing the research literature, this paper suggests the maze test as an option for college reading assessment. The existing evidence,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Reading Tests
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