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Manna, Venessa; Yoo, Hanwook; Monfils, Lora – ETS Research Report Series, 2018
In this study, we assessed the invariance in the factor structure underlying English-language proficiency for two groups of adolescent learners in Japan: students in middle school (ages 13-15 years) and students in high school (ages 16-18 years). Language proficiency was measured using the "TOEFL Junior"® Comprehensive test, an…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Performance
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Garn, Alex; Sun, Haichun – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
The use of fitness testing is a practical means for measuring components of health-related fitness, but there is currently substantial debate over the motivating effects of these tests. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the cross-fertilization of achievement and friendship goal profiles for early adolescents involved in the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Testing, Physical Fitness, Early Adolescents
Belz, Helene F. – 1983
Described here are methods being worked out, inductively, to convert to quantifiable factors a set of 144 personal interaction variables observed during individual testing of a multi-cultural sample of 50 high school students referred for school problems. Factor analyses of subsets of variables and comparison of correlations among "factor…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cultural Differences, Factor Analysis, Interaction