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- Title
- A partial posterior p value test for multilevel mediation
- Author
- Cox, Kyle, Kelcey, Benjamin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Statistics, Mathematics
- Description
- A variety of inferential tests are available for single and multilevel mediation but most come with notable limitations that balance tradeoffs between power and Type I error. We extend the partial posterior p value method (p3 method) to test multi...
- 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
- Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors
- Author
- Green, Courtney
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Higher, Engineering
- Description
- COURTNEY SUSANNE GREEN. Persistence of Engineering Transfer Students: Identifying Student-Influenced and Institution-Influenced Academic Success Factors. (Under the direction of DRS. SANDRA DIKA AND XIAOXIA NEWTON) This correlational study utilize...
- 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...
- 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...
- Title
- A Systematic Approach To Interrater Reliability In Early Childhood Teacher Performance Evaluations
- Author
- Bottoms, Bryndle
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational evaluation
- Description
- Teacher evaluations are routinely conducted across the United States for licensure and professional development supports. However, there is limited research on the interrater reliability of these evaluation assessment systems, despite federal reco...
- Title
- Relationship Between Writing Self-Efficacy and Writing Achievement: Evidence from an Empirical Study and a Meta-Analysis
- Author
- Sun, Ting
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- This three-article format dissertation aims to provide evidence of the effect size of the relationship between writing self-efficacy and writing achievement in an empirical study and a meta-analysis, and compare three methods, the averaging method...
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...