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Direct linkCapella, Michele E.; Turner, Ronna C. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2004
Although state agencies are required by law to assess their consumers' satisfaction with vocational rehabilitation (VR), each state uses its own instrument to measure satisfaction. This not only makes comparisons across states impossible but also means that the quality of these instruments varies widely from state to state. As with other…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, State Agencies, Test Construction, Satisfaction
Gottfredson, Stephen D.; Moriarty, Laura J. – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
Statistically based risk assessment devices are widely used in criminal justice settings. Their promise remains largely unfulfilled, however, because assumptions and premises requisite to their development and application are routinely ignored and/or violated. This article provides a brief review of the most salient of these assumptions and…
Descriptors: Risk, Justice, Criminals, Crime
Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; Williams, Susan K.; Dimitropoulos, Anastasia; Aman, Michael G.; McCracken, James T.; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Cronin, Pegeen; Grados, Marco; Ghuman, Jaswinder; Koenig, Kathleen; Lam, Kristen S. L.; McGough, James; Posey, David J.; Ritz, Louise; Swiezy, Naomi B.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scales (CYBOCS) modified for pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). Method: Raters from five Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network were trained to reliability. The modified scale (CYBOCS-PDD), which contains only…
Descriptors: Children, Severity (of Disability), Test Reliability, Behavior Disorders
Cox, Enid O.; Green, Kathy E.; Seo, Honglan; Inaba, Miyuki; Quillen, Alicia Alyla – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: Measures are lacking that address the challenges that people think they face in their roles as elderly care receivers. However, the development of a sense of efficacy in this role by mentally competent care receivers is critical to successful partnerships between caregivers and care receivers. The purpose of this article is to report the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Caregivers, Geriatrics, Factor Structure
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Kaloyirou, Chrystalla; Lindsay, Geoff – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Bullying is a problem in schools in many countries. There would be a benefit in the availability of a psychometrically sound instrument for its measurement, for use by teachers and researchers. The Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire has been used in a number of studies but comprehensive evidence on its validity is not available. Aims:…
Descriptors: Mathematical Formulas, Probability, Victims of Crime, Student Behavior
Download full textCook, Bryan G.; Cameron, David L.; Tankersley, Melody – Journal of Special Education, 2007
The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (a) to explore the use of a new rating scale that measures teachers' attitudes toward their students and (b) to investigate the attitudes of inclusive teachers toward their students with disabilities using the rating scale. Fifty inclusive elementary teachers in 12 northeast Ohio schools rated all of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Validity, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Fisher, Celia B.; Fried, Adam L.; Anushko, Andrea – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: The authors developed and validated measures of college drinking expectations, psychosocial influences, and values. Participants: Freshmen at college entry (N = 320) and the end of freshman year (N = 420) participated. Methods: The College Drinking Influences Survey, administered in paper and Web-based versions, consists of 3 distinct…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Social Influences
Alderson, J. Charles; And Others – 1995
The guide is intended for teachers who must construct language tests and for other professionals who may need to construct, evaluate, or use the results of language tests. Most examples are drawn from the field of English-as-a-Second-Language instruction in the United Kingdom, but the principles and practices described may be applied to the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability, Language Tests
Bol, Linda; And Others – 1995
The Study Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) was administered to 83 college students who were enrolled in either an introductory research methods course or an introductory statistics course in the college of education at one university. At the beginning of the term the students completed the SAQ with reference to how they typically studied (pretest),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Course Content
Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald – 1996
This paper reports on the first stage of the construction and refinement process underway in pursuit of developing a brief composite instrument to measure teachers' attitudes toward computers. Items (n=284) from 14 questionnaires assessing teacher attitudes toward computers were completed by 118 educators in Texas in 1995. Internal consistency…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Computer Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Armstrong, William B. – 1994
As part of an effort to statistically validate the placement tests used in California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) a study was undertaken to review the criteria- and content-related validity of the Assessment and Placement Services (APS) reading and writing tests. Evidence of criteria and content validity was gathered from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, Community Colleges, Correlation
Buhendwa, Frank M. – 1996
Instruments used in a study by M. B. Kinzie and M. A. Delacourt (1991), the Attitude towards Computer Technologies (ACT) and the Self-efficacy for Computer Technologies (SCT), assess preservice teachers' perceived usefulness of and comfort level with specific computer technologies. This study uses a population confirmed to be similar to that used…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Seyfarth, John T. – 1993
Performance based assessment refers to tasks that require students to construct responses or take actions to demonstrate specific knowledge or skills. Performance assessment tasks appear in a variety of formats, but they focus on higher order skills and are nonroutine, and sometimes loosely structured, in nature. A number of concerns have been…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Pfeiffer, Steven I.; And Others – 1992
A simple way of comparing the more widely used measures of the outcomes of mental health treatment is offered through this list of measures that includes both practical information and information about psychometric considerations. Each review contains information about the format, practicality (administration time and scoring), reliability,…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Testing, Guides, Interviews
Fore, David A.; McLeod, Terry M. – 1994
This paper presents the results of a 3-year study that examined the efficacy of using the National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) "Developmentally Appropriate Practices" (DAP) guidebook for assessment purposes. It surveyed 49 kindergarten and primary grade teachers and 123 graduate education students enrolled in early…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods
