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Direct linkLakin, Joni Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Ability tests play an important role in the assessment programs of many schools. However, the inferences about ability made from such tests presume that students understand the tasks they are attempting. Task familiarity can vary by student as well as by format. By design, nonverbal reasoning tests use formats that are intended to be novel. The…
Descriptors: Test Items, Familiarity, Testing, Nonverbal Tests
Peer reviewedFerron, John; And Others – Assessment, 1995
Two cause indicator models were formulated to link items of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment--Short Form to the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Revised. These models were tested with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (506 and 345 children), and a final model was developed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
