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- Title
- A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of a Measure of Preservice Teacher Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions
- Author
- Ellison, Antoinette
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Recent literature on school improvement indicates that teacher quality has a large impact on student learning (Aaronson, Barrow, & Sander, 2007; Rivkin, Hanushek & Kane, 2005; Hanushek, Kane, O'Brien, & Rivkin, (2005); Nye, Konstantopoulos, Hedges...
- Title
- An Exploration of Comparability Issues in Educational Research: Scale Linking, Equating, and Propensity Score Weighting
- Author
- Wu, Tong
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
- Description
- This three-article dissertation aims to address three methodological challenges to ensure comparability in educational research, including scale linking, test equating, and propensity score (PS) weighting. The first study intends to improve test s...
- Title
- DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A NEW INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE SELF-EFFICACY OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
- Author
- McGee, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics--Study and teaching, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- The purpose of this study was the development and validation of an instrument to measure the self-efficacy of elementary mathematics teachers. Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, was the theoretical framework for the development of the instrumen...
- Title
- Effects of Diagnostic Progress Monitroing Feedback on Early Literacy Student Achievement
- Author
- Lopuch, Jeremy
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Educational psychology, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of diagnostic formative assessment feedback on early literacy skills. The participants were 12 first-grade general education teachers and 51 of their students who were assigned to the following ...
- Title
- Effects of task training on kindergarten students' performance on early literacy measures
- Author
- Mackiewicz, Sara
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Reading, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- The use of early literacy screening measures helps determine which students are at risk for future reading difficulties. However, there has been some recent concern related to the classification validity of screening measures (Hintze, Ryan, & Ston...
- Title
- Establishing time-continuous normative scores for Teaching Strategies GOLD® using a multilevel growth curve modeling approach
- Author
- Luce, Hannah
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
- Description
- Young children are assessed to meet federal mandates and inform policy decisions, provide teachers with useful information to make instructional decisions and set reasonable learning goals, and facilitate communication with families. While young c...
- Title
- Providing Equal Access to English Learners in Educational Settings
- Author
- Gezer, Tuba
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- This three-article format dissertation examined fairness in testing English Learners (EL) in K-12 schools in the United States (US). In the first article, a meta-analysis was conducted to summarize EL computer-based testing (CBT) accommodations re...
- Title
- SCHOOLING CONTEXTS AND ACHIEVEMENT: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL COMPOSITION AND NORTH CAROLINA END OF GRADE READING TEST SCORES OF HISPANIC THIRD GRADERS
- Author
- Bowden, Kendra
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Reading, Educational tests and measurements
- Description
- Nationally, Hispanic achievement lags behind non-Hispanic peers in reading proficiency scores. The gap in achievement persists through subsequent grade levels for Black, Hispanic, and poor students of all races. Current school environments present...
- Title
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF PERCEIVED RESOURCES AND DEMANDS FOR PRINCIPALS
- Author
- Maerz, Drew
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Educational tests and measurements, School management and organization
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to develop the Comparative Appraisal of perceived Resources and Demands for Principals (CARD-P), which is used for appraising perceived stress in the elementary school principalship. An appraisal-based definition of s...
- Title
- The Development and Validation of an Intercultural Competencies Assessment Instrument for K-12 Educators
- Author
- Lynn, David
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational tests and measurements, Education, School management and organization
- Description
- As schools adapt curriculum and learning environments to better prepare students for entry into an increasingly globalized society, cultivating intercultural competencies in K-12 in-service educators is of heightened importance. The purpose of thi...