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Quirk, Matthew; Rebelez, Jennica; Furlong, Michael – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
This study contributed to the school readiness literature by examining the factor structure and reliability of a revised version of the Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile (KSEP). Teachers rated 579 Latino/a children during the first month of kindergarten using the KSEP. Factor analysis procedures (exploratory factor analysis [EFA] and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Screening Tests, Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten
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Li, Xueming; Sireci, Stephen G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2013
Validity evidence based on test content is of essential importance in educational testing. One source for such evidence is an alignment study, which helps evaluate the congruence between tested objectives and those specified in the curriculum. However, the results of an alignment study do not always sufficiently capture the degree to which a test…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Multidimensional Scaling, Data Analysis, Educational Testing
Wei, Xin; Shen, Xuejun; Lukoff, Brian; Ho, Andrew Dean; Haertel, Edward H. – Online Submission, 2006
In 1998 and again in 2002, samples of eighth grade students in California were tested in reading as part of the state-level component of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In each of these years, all eighth graders in the state were also required to participate in the state's accountability testing, which included the reading…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Test Content, Reading Tests, Accountability