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Surapiboonchai, Kampol – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There is a lack of valid and reliable low cost observational instruments to measure moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in school physical education (PE). The participants in this study were third to tenth grade boys and girls from a south Texas school district. The SAM (Simple Activity Measurement) activity levels were compared with…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Test Construction, Psychometrics
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Morrow, James R., Jr.; Martin, Scott B.; Jackson, Allen W. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality (reliability and validity) of large-scale fitness testing in Texas and determine if reliabilities and validities were related to potential confounding variables. Four test administration scenarios were conducted to investigate the quality of data collected statewide as part of the Texas…
Descriptors: Health Related Fitness, Tests, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Lorence, Jon – Educational Research Quarterly, 2010
The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test was the major source of data for the Texas educational accountability system from 1994 through 2002. Contrary to critics who claim that TAAS data are invalid and unreliable measures of student performance, structural equation analyses of TAAS reading data based on the 1994 Texas third grade…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, High Stakes Tests, Reading Tests, Scores
Houston, Linda Scott; Fraser, Barry J.; Ledbetter, Cynthia E. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008
Student perceptions of classroom environment can provide useful criteria for evaluating educational alternatives. The My Class Inventory (MCI) was used with 588 3rd- to 5th-grade students in Texas in evaluating the effectiveness of instruction using a textbook, science kits, or a combination of both. Various analyses attested to the factorial…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction