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Wenche A. Helland; Eline Aaland; Karoline L. Furebotn; Junna Nilsen; Helene Pettersen; Anne Lise Roe; Ann Kristin S. Wathne; Frøydis Morken – First Language, 2024
Pragmatics refers to the ability to effectively use and interpret language in different contexts. Pragmatic abilities develop and refine through childhood, and they are essential for socialization, academic achievement and wellbeing. The scarcity of assessment tools in this field makes it challenging to provide a comprehensive assessment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Pragmatics, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Anna Cecilia McWhirter; Katherine A. Hails; David S. DeGarmo; Laura Lee McIntyre; S. Andrew Garbacz; Elizabeth A. Stormshak – Grantee Submission, 2024
Reliable and valid assessment of parenting and child behaviors is critical for clinicians and researchers alike, and observational measures of parenting behaviors are often considered the gold standard for assessing parenting and parent-child interaction quality. The current study sought to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Coder…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Kindergarten
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Yumsek, Meltem – Language Testing in Asia, 2023
Various stakeholders, such as policymakers and educators, require diagnostic feedback and actionable test results. One particular context in which fine-grained test results are of utmost importance is English language proficiency (ELP) assessments as they are used for critical decisions for students. Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) afford…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Ahmad, Hishamuddin; Mamat, Nordin; Mustafa, Mazlina Che; Yusoff, Syahida Iryani Mohd – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
Several instruments that measure the teaching, learning, and assessment quality have been developed and published. However, a psychometrically sound instrument to measure teaching, learning, and assessment quality in early childhood care and education that suitable for the Malaysian context needs to be validated. Therefore, this study aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Evaluation, Preschool Teachers
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Wolf, Mikyung Kim – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
In the US K-12 public school settings, each state's annual English language proficiency (ELP) assessment, as part of an educational accountability system, has tremendous impact on English learner (EL) students' academic paths and success. It is thus critical to establish a robust validation framework and empirical evidence to ensure that states'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Kindergarten, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Pentimonti, Jill M.; Bowles, Ryan P.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Justice, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Measuring the quality of classroom-based interactive shared book reading within the early childhood classroom represents a specific dimension of teacher-child interactions that is of great interest to researchers. This interest reflects decades of research demonstrating the benefit of reading to young children in both the home and the classroom.…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Construction, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity