Sentences with phrase «by psychometricians»

To construct the rejecting behavior composite, 1 point was awarded for each behavior that was rated by psychometricians and physicians as hostile or rejecting (eg, if the mother's expression of affect was consistently negative or if she was unresponsive to her child's needs; α =.71).35 Parents «criminal conviction history was assessed via a questionnaire posted to parents who were asked to report if they had ever been convicted of a crime; 3 % of the mothers and12 % of the fathers reported that they had been.

Valencia and Wixson have gathered scholarship from three disparate sources to produce the first integrated review of policy - related research on literacy education: (a) policy analyses that examine policies about literacy in the framework of systemic reform; (b) measurement and evaluation studies, conducted by psychometricians, that examine the assessments mandated by policies; and (c) studies by literacy researchers that attend to policies and literacy - specific content.

As for the reaction of my colleagues in psychology, I'd say that the reaction ranged from mild enthusiasm (mostly from developmental and educational psychologists) to ignoring (by mainstream psychologists) to condemnation (by psychometricians — the technicians who make the tests and who feel that they «own» intelligence).

Gary: with all due respect for those who post here, thank you for your patience with nit - picking, e.g., we could argue interminably over the use of the terms «validity» and «reliability» and «bias» as they are used generally and as they are used in very specific ways by psychometricians when talking about the construction and administration of standardized tests and the inferences that could be drawn about test scores.

Not exact matches

The risk here is aggravated by the fact that the Common Core effort has now largely been handed off to state assessment directors, test developers, psychometricians, and overworked staff at a few national organizations — and these well - meaning people aren't necessarily interested in or sensitive to the broader impact of their handiwork.

The air was rife with technical acumen, shared by smart test developers and psychometricians.

This is not an accurate characterization of the position taken by most psychometricians.

A psychometrician by formal training, Dr. Solano - Flores» work focuses on the development of alternative, multidisciplinary approaches that address linguistic and cultural diversity in testing.

If NAEP is hallowed by educators and psychometricians, then how can wecriticize PARCC as «extraordinarily hard?»

Our methodological contributions are routinely featured in leading journals and used by statisticians and psychometricians around the world.

And I was hired to fill the slot recently vacated by the world's leading psychometrician at the University of Illinois.

These subject matter experts are trained in elements of quality exam question development by professional psychometricians.

The proper pass score is determined by a number of factors, such as consulting with psychometricians, reviewing national trends, and comparing the current exam's difficulty with previous examinations.

Subject matter experts, IAAP members, and practicing administrative professionals are involved throughout the process, which is overseen by highly trained assessment experts and a psychometrician.

Scoring metrics for the CMA (AAMA) exam are processed by the same professional psychometricians who provide this service for USMLE candidates.