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The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by consideration of two measurement issues that have typically been overlooked in the literature: the ...
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. +1 more
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Interpretation of Educational Measurements
The American Journal of Psychology, 1928 Frank S. Freeman, Truman L. Kelley
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The effect of missing data on the bias and accuracy of academic alienation questionnaire questions [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی, 2022 One of the important type of errors is differential item functioning (DIF). The aim of this study, using the Monte Carlo simulation method, was to determine whether the effect of missing data on the bias and precision of the Likelihood Ratio test for DIF
Zahra Jahanbakhsh +3 more
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Validation of response processes in medical assessment using an explanatory item response model
BMC Medical Education, 2022 Background Response process validation is a crucial source of test validity. The expected cognitive load scale was created based on the reflection of the mental effort by which borderline students solve an item defined by experts. The stem length affects
Veerapong Vattanavanit +2 more
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On Educational Performance Measures [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 AbstractQuantitative performance measures (QPMs) of schools are playing an ever‐larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper, we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their use and argue that they nonetheless have a ...
Muriel, Alastair, Smith, Jeffrey A.
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Equal opportunities for all? Analyzing within-country variation in school effectiveness
Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022 Background The present study addresses the equality of school effectiveness across schools. One central aim of compulsory education is for students to learn equally well at all schools in a country even if these schools differ in terms of student ...
Isa Steinmann, Rolf Vegar Olsen
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Executive function, emotion regulation and working memory in Students with and without anxiety. [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی, 2021 The purpose of this study was to compare executive function, emotional regulation and Working memory in students with and without anxiety. The present study was descriptive and used a causal-comparative design.
Mahnaz Mehmanpazir, Noorali Farokhi
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Who are those random responders on your survey? The case of the TIMSS 2015 student questionnaire
Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023 A general validity and survey quality concern with student questionnaires under low-stakes assessment conditions is that some responders will not genuinely engage with the questionnaire, often with more random response patterns as a result.
Jianan Chen +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Log-file data from computer-based assessments can provide useful collateral information for estimating student abilities. In turn, this can improve traditional approaches that only consider response accuracy.
Denise Reis Costa +3 more
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BMC Psychology, 2023 Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a broad influence on health and society across the globe, especially on the education sector as its educators have had to continue the provision of teaching and learning opportunities to their students online in ...
Ittipaat Suwathanpornkul +4 more
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