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Evaluating the Psychometric Qualities of a Rating Scale to Assess Pre-Service Teachers' Lesson Plan Development in the Context of a Secondary-Level Music Performance Classroom
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Musselwhite, Dorothy J.; Wesolowski, Brian C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric quality (i.e., validity and reliability) of a rating scale to assess pre-service teachers' lesson plan development in the context of secondary-level music performance classrooms. The research questions that guided this study include: (1) What items demonstrate acceptable model fit for the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Likert Scales, Preservice Teachers, Lesson Plans
Investigating Score Dependability in English/Chinese Interpreter Certification Performance Testing: A Generalizability Theory Approach
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Han, Chao – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
As a property of test scores, reliability/dependability constitutes an important psychometric consideration, and it underpins the validity of measurement results. A review of interpreter certification performance tests (ICPTs) reveals that (a) although reliability/dependability checking has been recognized as an important concern, its theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, English, Chinese
The Use of E-Mail to Deliver Performance-Based Feedback to Early Childhood Practitioners
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Barton, Erin E.; Pribble, Lois; Chen, Ching-I – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Three studies are described that examined the relation between performance-based (PB) feedback delivered via e-mail and preschool teachers' use of recommended practices. The authors conducted the first two studies in the same classroom with different classroom staff. The third study was conducted with three different teachers employed in…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Feedback (Response), Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
(Mis)Appropriations of Criteria and Standards-Referenced Assessment in a Performance-Based Subject
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Hay, Peter J.; Macdonald, Doune – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
This paper draws on semi-structured interview data and participant observations of senior secondary Physical Education (PE) teachers and students at two school sites across 20 weeks of the school year. The data indicated that the teachers in this study made progressive judgements about students' level of achievement across each unit of work…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Evaluative Thinking, Physical Education, Secondary School Students
Objective Standard Setting for Judge-Mediated Examinations
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Stone, Gregory Ethan; Beltyukova, Svetlana; Fox, Christine M. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
Judge-mediated examinations are defined as those for which expert evaluation (using rubrics) is required to determine correctness, completeness, and reasonability of test-taker responses. The use of multifaceted Rasch modeling has led to improvements in the reliability of scoring such examinations. The establishment of criterion-referenced…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, High Stakes Tests, Standard Setting, Minimum Competencies
Reducing Errors Due to the Use of Judges. ERIC/TM Digest.
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Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1992
Several common sources of error in assessment that depends on the use of judges are identified, and ways to reduce the impact of rating errors are examined. Numerous threats to the validity of scores based on ratings exist. These threats include: (1) the halo effect; (2) stereotyping; (3) perception differences; (4) leniency/stringency error; and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators