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Teacher Assessment Literacy: A Review of International Standards and Measures
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DeLuca, Christopher; LaPointe-McEwan, Danielle; Luhanga, Ulemu – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2016
Assessment literacy is a core professional requirement across educational systems. Hence, measuring and supporting teachers' assessment literacy have been a primary focus over the past two decades. At present, there are a multitude of assessment standards across the world and numerous assessment literacy measures that represent different…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Literacy, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Performance of U.S. 15-Year-Old Students in Mathematics, Science, and Reading Literacy in an International Context. First Look at PISA 2012. NCES 2014-024
Kelly, Dana; Nord, Christine Winquist; Jenkins, Frank; Chan, Jessica Ying; Kastberg, David – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a system of international assessments that allows countries to compare outcomes of learning as students near the end of compulsory schooling. PISA core assessments measure the performance of 15-year-old students in mathematics, science, and reading literacy every 3 years. Coordinated by…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement
Developing Basic and Higher Level Reading Processing Skills: Exploring an Instructional Framework with the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 Database
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Deasy, Michael Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Concern over worldwide literacy rates prompted the United Nations to establish the UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012) with one area of focus being to provide support to schools to develop effective literacy programs (UNESCO, 2005). This study addressed the area of providing support to schools to develop effective literacy programs by exploring the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Predictor Variables
An Exhaustive Examination of the Replicable Factor Structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
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Walkey, Frank H.; Green, Dianne E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Six sets of data from previous studies are used to investigate the factor structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. In all 6 sets, the 22 inventory items divided between 2 clearly replicable factors. The larger, the Core of Burnout Factor, divides in turn into two equally replicable factors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Burnout, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries