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Gorney, Kylie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Aberrant behavior refers to any type of unusual behavior that would not be expected under normal circumstances. In educational and psychological testing, such behaviors have the potential to severely bias the aberrant examinee's test score while also jeopardizing the test scores of countless others. It is therefore crucial that aberrant examinees…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Testing, Psychological Testing, Test Bias
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McCarty, F. A.; Oshima, T. C.; Raju, Nambury S. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2007
Oshima, Raju, Flowers, and Slinde (1998) described procedures for identifying sources of differential functioning for dichotomous data using differential bundle functioning (DBF) derived from the differential functioning of items and test (DFIT) framework (Raju, van der Linden, & Fleer, 1995). The purpose of this study was to extend the…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Test Bias, Scoring, Test Items
Bergeth, Robert – 1972
A descriptive picture of the students in the Minneapolis Public Schools' Special Learning and Behavior Problems (SLBP) Title I ESEA program is presented. Eighteen Title I teachers trained in special learning and behavior problems work in Target Area elementary schools. SLBP teachers provide individual instruction for children with severe learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Problems, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Ojemann, Ralph H.; And Others – 1969
The needs of Ohio schools were assessed in relation to the area of Family Life Education, including education in sexual behavior, the prevention of alcohol, drug, and smoking abuse, and related social problems. The study was carried out in two phases. The first phase developed the methods for assessing the needs of Ohio schools, which involved…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Data Analysis, Educational Needs
Bennett, Randy Elliot – Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 1981
Presents an overview of issues in the educational assessment of children with learning and behavior disorders. The issues discussed relate to the: focus of assessment, types of abilities evaluated, methods used, technical adequacy of available measures, personnel involved in assessment, assessment of culturally different children, and involvement…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Lipsitt, Lewis P., Ed. – Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 1998
These 12 monthly issues from 1998 explore problems encountered by children and adolescents. Regular features include "Keep Your Eye On...," brief accounts of research into childhood and adolescent problems, "What's New in Research," summarizing research from recent publications and professional conferences;…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adoption