NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
No Child Left Behind Act 20011
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 12 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Akaeze, Hope O.; Wu, Jamie Heng-Chieh; Lawrence, Frank R.; Weber, Everett P. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2023
This paper reports an investigation into the psychometric properties of the COR-Advantage1.5 (COR-Adv1.5) assessment tool, a criterion-referenced observation-based instrument designed to assess the developmental abilities of children from birth through kindergarten. Using data from 8534 children participating in a state-funded preschool program…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques
Floyd, Natosha N. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century Measurement Benchmarks (SL21). The instrument consists of 19 items with three subscales: Building the 21st Century Learning Environment Subscale, Teaching for 21st Century Learning Subscale, and Leading the Way to 21st Century…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Benchmarking, Psychometrics, Reliability
Alamri, Mona – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Self-determination is related to the desirable transition outcomes of an individual. It has gained an increasing amount of attention in numerous fields, including education, sociology, psychology, and other fields related to human behavior. However, there are no measures originally written in Arabic that accurately measure an individual's…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Semitic Languages, Translation, Measures (Individuals)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sink, Christopher A.; Bultsma, Shawn A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
The psychometric properties of the Life Perspectives Inventory (LPI-English language version), a new instrument designed to assess characteristics associated with nonreligious spirituality in high school-age adolescents, were examined in two phases. Phase 1 demonstrated the survey's factorial validity and internal consistency and the test-retest…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Adolescents, Religious Factors, High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yang, Yang; Gentry, Marcia; Wu, Jiaxi; Jen, Enyi; Maeda, Yukiko – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
This study is to investigate whether "My Class Activities" (MCA; Gentry & Gable, 2001a), an instrument developed to measure students' perceptions of their classroom activities, yields valid data when used with elementary students in China after translation into Chinese. The four factors measured by the instrument (Interest,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Class Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
The Climate Change Attitude Survey is composed of 15 Likert-type attitudinal items selected to measure students' beliefs and intentions toward the environment with a focus on climate change. This paper describes the development of the instrument and psychometric performance characteristics including reliability and validity. Data were gathered…
Descriptors: Climate, Attitudes, Likert Scales, Middle School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Strong, Luman E. G.; Yoshida, Roland K. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2014
This research evaluated the psychometric properties of Friedman's (1999) Teacher Work-Autonomy Scale (TWA) to determine whether it was an acceptable instrument to measure U.S. teacher autonomy in the present educational context. A second purpose was to ascertain the current status of teachers' perceptions of their autonomy from a sample of U.S.…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Rating Scales, Context Effect, Measures (Individuals)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shen, Jianping; Cooley, Van E.; Ma, Xin; Reeves, Patricia L.; Burt, Walter L.; Rainey, J. Mark; Yuan, Wenhui – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
In this study, the authors connect 3 streams of literature to develop an instrument for measuring the degree to which principals engage in data-informed decision making on high-impact strategies that are empirically associated with higher student achievement. The 3 literature streams are (a) the importance of data-informed decision making, (b) the…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Principals, Measures (Individuals)
Strong, Luman E. G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the psychometric properties of Friedman's (1999) Teacher Work-Autonomy Scale (TWA) in order to determine whether it was an acceptable instrument to measure U.S. teachers' autonomy in the present educational context. A second purpose was to ascertain the current status of teachers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Professional Autonomy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rodgers, Michelle S.; Hillaker, Barbara D.; Haas, Bruce E.; Peters, Cheryl – Journal of Extension, 2012
Evaluation of public service programming is becoming increasingly important with current funding realities. The taxonomy of evaluation competencies compiled by Ghere et al. (2006) provided the starting place for Taxonomy for Assessing Evaluation Competencies in Extension. The Michigan State University Extension case study described here presents a…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Extension Education, Extension Agents, Faculty Development
Cheal, Jennifer Putnam – 1991
The refinement process of a survey instrument developed to operationalize the construct of organizational climate by identifying and describing the dimensions of middle-level school climate is described in this paper. Seven dimensions of organizational climate were identified: administrative support, administrative control, teacher intimacy,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1972
The ninth report of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program contains the technical information needed to evaluate the instruments and techniques used to measure and report the status of student achievement and attitude. This report is intended for people with expertise in psychometrics. The Program is described in the first section of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Cluster Analysis, Correlation