Development of Test of Academic Readiness

<p>The purpose of this study was to develop a test of academic readiness for first grade instruction in Thailand. Test of Academic Readiness (TAR) consists of six domains: verbal, visual, memory, math, logical, and general knowledge. Two pilot studies were carried out and a main study tested items in those domains. Rasch model was used to assess the scale’s level of reliability and item discrimination. Content validity was claimed through extensive review of literature and similar readiness tests both in the U.S. and Thailand.</p> <p>TAR achieved a range of reliability between 0.73-0.93 with the exception of the visual subtest, with a reliability of 0.43. With the exception of the visual subtest, TAR has sufficient reliability to be worthwhile for future research to improve TAR as a measure of academic readiness for first grade instruction in Thailand. Further validation studies are recommended.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Kasintorn, Tanachit

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kathy E. Green, Ph.D.
• Martin Tombari
• Elinor Katz
• Karin Dittrick-Nathan
• Enid O. Cox

• Academic
• First grade
• Readiness
• Schools
• Students
• Thailand
• Education
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/328

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1327