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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
A new multidimensional measure of test anxiety, the Test Anxiety Measure for Adolescents (TAMA), specifically designed for U.S. adolescents in Grades 6 to 12 was developed and its psychometric properties were examined. The TAMA consists of five scales (Cognitive Interference, Physiological Hyperarousal, Social Concerns, Task Irrelevant Behavior,…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Adolescents, Psychometrics, Test Construction
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Li, Bi; Wu, Yan; Wen, Zhonglin; Wang, Mengcheng – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
This article assessed the measurement in variance of the Adolescent Student Burnout Inventory (ASBI) across gender and educational track, and investigated the main and interaction effects of gender and educational track on the facets of student burnout with a sample consisting of 2,216 adolescent students from China. Multigroup confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Burnout, Measures (Individuals)
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Zullig, Keith J.; Koopman, Tommy M.; Patton, Jon M.; Ubbes, Valerie A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
This study's purpose is to examine the existing school climate literature in an attempt to constitute its definition from a historical context and to create a valid and reliable student-reported school climate instrument. Five historically common school climate domains and five measurement tools were identified, combined, and previewed by the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Time Perspective, History, Literature Reviews
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Shermis, Mark D.; Long, Susanne K. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2009
This study investigated the convergent and discriminant validity of the high-stakes Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in both reading and writing at grade levels 4, 8, and 10. The data from the 2006 FCAT administration were analyzed via traditional multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) analysis to identify the factor structure and structural…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Writing Tests, Validity
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Lewis, Ashley D.; Huebner, E. Scott; Reschly, Amy L.; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2009
Proponents of positive psychology have argued for more comprehensive assessments incorporating positive measures (e.g., student strengths) as well as negative measures (e.g., psychological symptoms). However, few variable-centered studies have addressed the incremental validity of positive assessment data. The authors investigated the incremental…
Descriptors: Prediction, Validity, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents
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Krasa, Nancy – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
This study assesses the adequacy of item gradients and ceilings for the subtests of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III) Cognitive and Achievement batteries, including the Diagnostic Supplement, in their use with participants ages 16 to 25 and Grades 10 to 18. Of the 52 subtests, 18 contain adequate item gradients and ceilings for the entire age and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Young Adults