The measurement properties of any new assessment instrument should be rigorously examined and the results made available to stakeholders.The first version of the tec[...]

This study examined the associations between scale scores obtained from a teacher observation-based authentic assessment measure, the Teaching Strategies GOLD, and (a) te[...]

In this study, the performance of the Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement was evaluated with other chance-corrected agreement coefficients. Lambda is grounded [...]

Young children are assessed to meet federal mandates and inform policy decisions, provide teachers with useful information to make instructional decisions and set reasona[...]

This three-article dissertation aims to address three methodological challenges to ensure comparability in educational research, including scale linking, test equating, a[...]