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Combatting Ceiling Effects: Modeling High-Ability Student Growth Using Multilevel Tobit Regression
Title
Combatting Ceiling Effects: Modeling High-Ability Student Growth Using Multilevel Tobit Regression
Author
Hujar, Julia
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Educational tests and measurements, Gifted children--Education, Statistics
Description
Pressures associated with accountability testing have resulted in a narrowing of both the curriculum and pedagogy that does not meet the needs of high ability learners. This study proposed that either a different measurement (an above-level comput...
Expectancy-Value Model: Investigating Academic Success and Retention Predictors of First-Year STEM Majors
Title
Expectancy-Value Model: Investigating Academic Success and Retention Predictors of First-Year STEM Majors
Author
Findlater, Nickcoy
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Education, Educational leadership, Educational tests and measurements
Description
The gap in supply (i.e., shortage) and demand of the STEM workforce have prompted extensive research on identifying factors that predict STEM outcomes and retention of students. Few studies, however, have examined the relationships between STEM ou...
Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement: Evaluation of an Alternative Chance-Corrected Agreement Coefficient
Title
Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement: Evaluation of an Alternative Chance-Corrected Agreement Coefficient
Author
Holcomb, Timothy
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
Description
In this study, the performance of the Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement was evaluated with other chance-corrected agreement coefficients. Lambda is grounded in rater-mediated assessment theory and was developed as an alternative to Ka...
North Carolina High School Alternative School Administrators’ Perceptions of School Performance Measures
Title
North Carolina High School Alternative School Administrators’ Perceptions of School Performance Measures
Author
Clemons, Shannon
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
School management and organization, Educational tests and measurements, Education
Description
This qualitative study investigates the perceptions of alternative school administrators in North Carolina about the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on them and their campuses. The study interviewed four alternative high school adm...