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ERIC Number: EJ512945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Enhancing the Validity and Usefulness of Large-Scale Educational Assessments: II. NELS:88 Science Achievement.
Hamilton, Laura S.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v32 n3 p555-81 Fall 1995
Data from the grade 8 and grade 10 science tests of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) were used to demonstrate that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 8, Institutional Characteristics, National Surveys, Psychological Testing, Science Tests, Sciences, Scores, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Test Use, Test Validity, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dimensionality (Tests); Large Scale Programs; National Education Longitudinal Study 1988
Note: Section on teaching, learning, and human development. Research begun with support from the Department of Education through Grant G0087CO235 and continued through support from the National Science Foundation, Grant No. RED-9253068. For related document, see TM 519 136.