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Download full textAckerman, Debra J. – Educational Testing Service, 2014
Early education programs are increasingly being promoted by states and the federal government as an integral part of their efforts to ensure that all children enter school ready to learn. As these programs and their enrollments have grown in recent years, so too have efforts to monitor their quality and performance. A common focus is on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, Observation, Validity
Haertel, Edward H. – Educational Testing Service, 2013
Policymakers and school administrators have embraced value-added models of teacher effectiveness as tools for educational improvement. Teacher value-added estimates may be viewed as complicated scores of a certain kind. This suggests using a test validation model to examine their reliability and validity. Validation begins with an interpretive…
Descriptors: Reliability, Validity, Inferences, Teacher Effectiveness
Kane, Michael – Educational Testing Service, 2010
The 12th annual William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. Michael T. Kane, ETS's (Educational Testing Service) Samuel J. Messick Chair in Test Validity and the former Director of Research at the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Dr. Kane argues that it is important for policymakers to recognize the impact of errors of measurement…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Scores, Public Policy, Test Theory
Young, John W.; Holtzman, Steven; Steinberg, Jonathan – Educational Testing Service, 2011
In this research investigation of score comparability for language minority students (English language learners [ELLs] and former English language learners), we examined 3 indicators of score comparability (reliability, internal test structure, and differential item functioning) for 4th and 8th grade students who took the NCLB-mandated content…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Grade 8, Minority Group Students
