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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"educational testing"”.
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The CLA+ and the Two Cultures: Writing Assessment and Educational Testing
… and the Two Cultures: Writing Assessment and Educational Testing concerns the Collegiate Learning Assessment+, a standardized test of collegiate learning currently being piloted at Purdue, and its potential impacts on writing programs and pedagogy. From an empirical, theoretical, and …
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An Investigation of Factors Identified By Novice Teachers That Influence Performance on Standardized Assessments and Teacher Performance
… The Praxis is a series of tests developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS) that provides tests and other services for states to use as a part of their teacher licensing and certification process. The Praxis Series is currently required for teacher licensure in Louisiana and 43 other states …
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Psychometric examination of the color-blind racial attitudes scale for use among Asian Americans
… demonstrating DIF were further classified into Educational Testing Service classification schema (Zieky, 1993) to identify the extent of item bias existing in the CoBRAS items. Possible explanations for sources of the item bias, as well as implications for future researchers using the CoBRAS …
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Twice-Exceptional Identification and Identity Formation: A Mixed Methods Study
… was supported by a community partner, a private educational testing and advocacy agency in a Western state.</p> <p>This mixed methods study utilized a two-phase research design. The quantitative phase consisted of data analysis of assessment records of twice exceptional students. These data were …
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A Bayesian Framework for the Unified Model for Assessing Cognitive Abilities: Blending Theory With Practicality
… of the test developed by scientists at the Educational Testing Service. Finally, Chapter 5 gives a cognitive diagnosis of an ACT math test, where the development of skills and the cognitive structure of the test using statistical properties of the test is developed as a more efficient …
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Investigation of visual spatial ability and its relation to design methods
… Folding Test, a 6 minute test created by the Educational Testing Service. They were also asked to create an origami figure given a set of instructions lacking any written description, only images of the paper folds and rotations. This test will be timed and the length of time to complete the …
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Developing Social Networks and Language Learning: Japanese ESL Students in a Study Abroad Context
… English Assessment Kit (SPEAK) developed by the Educational Testing Services (ETS). The study first shothat the students who had invested their cultural capital or had improved their cultural capital seemed to have had multi social networks, and their final score on the SPEAK test improved. …
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An Examination of the Improved Wald Test for Differential Item Functioning Detection with Multiple Groups
… for establishing validity in psychometric testing. There is a vital need for simultaneously comparing multiple groups, evidenced by the widespread proliferation of international assessments in educational testing. Historically, DIF methods have been formulated to only address pairwise group …
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Backcountry campsite conditions assessed for limits of acceptable change planning in Shenandoah National Park
… of techniques from disciplines as diverse as educational testing and policy sciences. The condition, location, and legality of 743 backcountry campsites are reported, as revealed during a census completed using methods from recreation ecology. To assess the consistency and precision of …
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Meta-Learning Exploration Strategies with Decision Transformers
… clinical diagnostics, recommender systems, and educational testing, where data collection is costly and the effectiveness of exploration is critical. Efficient exploration in these contexts strongly depends on exploiting underlying structural relationships within the environment. For instance, …
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The Effects of Maze Training Upon Transference to Standard Cloze Performance
… by the State Education Department, Division of Educational testing, at Albany. Upon completion of the four month treatment period, students were posttested. All 44 students were administered Form B of the Standard Cloze test and the alternate form of the Degrees of Reading Power Exam from the …
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Writing Proficiency Among Graduate Students in Higher Education Programs
… to use language with sensitivity to meaning" (Educational Testing Service, 1999-2000, p.7). The z-Statistic for a Single Sample Mean significance test was used to determine whether the sample mean scored significantly higher than the population mean on the SAT II: Writing Test. This was not the …
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An evaluation of item response theory for detecting differential item functioning of examinees' responses to the seventh grade mathematics MEAP test investigating learner characteristics /
… examinees, and others. The consequence of bias testing creates "high stakes" for all stakeholders. During the past 50 years several cycles of dissatisfaction and reform occurred in educational testing (McGhee, 1995). Large scale testing was used to make decisions regarding college entrance, …
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The effect of using a computer assisted career guidance system on career development attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in students
… assessment, career exploration, occupational and educational planning and decision making. Two systems used at educational institutions are DISCOVER (American College Testing Program), and System of Interactive Guidance and Information, abbreviated SIGI-PLUS (Educational Testing Service). There …
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The Current Structure of Intellect Remediation Lab as an Intervention for Deficient Readers in Grades 3, 4, and 5
<p><em>Problem. </em> Educational testing procedures focus on identification and classification of students rather than on remediation for their abilities. The Structure of Intellect (SOI) model proposes a multidimensional view of intelligence with a focus on remediation for underdeveloped or …
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Statistical issues and developments in time series analysis and educational measurement
… 2, using some of the most common models in educational testing for data generation. Theoretical results on clustering accuracy are given for distance measures used in minimum diameter partitioning and hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis with complete linkage for data from …
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Learning disabled college students: A psychological assessment of scholastic aptitude
… with Federal law, modifications in current testing methods must be made. Educational Testing Service has attempted to correct this disadvantage by providing learning disabled individual additional time to complete the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Graduate Record Exam. Even though …
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An evaluation of group differences and items bias, across rural isiXhosa learners and urban isiXhosa learners, of the isiXhosa version of the Woodcock Muñoz Language Survey (WMLS)
… as a great influence during psychological and educational testing. In South Africa (SA), factors such as changes in policies and social inequalities also influence testing. Literature supports the translation and adaptation of tests used in such contexts in order to avoid bias caused by …
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Exploring Intertextuality: A Study Of A Teacher's Implementation Of The Key Stage 1 Reading SATs
… or reluctance to participate in this formal educational testing procedure.
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A Study of General Education Assessment.
… normed standardized test published by the Educational Testing Service that is designed to measure academic skills in general education subject areas.</p><p>The population for this study included students at Walters State Community College located in Morristown, Tennessee, who had completed …
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