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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Bezruczko, Nikolaus – 1988
The proliferation of minimum competency testing in recent years has not resulted in a critical analysis of the construct validity of such tests. The present study examined the dimensionality and construct validity of an urban life skills competency test (the 1987 eighth-grade Chicago Minimum Proficiency Skills Test (MPST) via linear analysis. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Construct Validity, Daily Living Skills, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedBezruczko, Nikolaus – Journal of Outcome Measurement, 1999
The implementation of the Rasch model during the longitudinal evaluation of a federally funded early-childhood preschool-intervention program is described. Results with 828 eighth graders show a functional relationship between years of early intervention and magnitude of effect on the life-skills competency variable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Competence, Daily Living Skills, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
