Sentences with phrase «predictive validity of those assessments»

The study examines the predictive validity of this assessment instrument on ELLs» performance on state required academic achievement tests at three grade levels.

Outcome at 7 years of children diagnosed with autism at age 2: predictive validity of assessments conducted at 2 and 3 years of age and pattern of symptom change over time

Dr. Kerr also has worked on large studies of hospitalized suicidal adolescents to compare the predictive validity of assessment instruments and dimensions of suicidal thinking; to identify subgroups of adolescents at high risk for suicide attempt; and to understand the effects of a social support intervention on suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Not exact matches

In this context, a traditional psychometric concern with predictive validity, e.g., whether answers to assessment items predict other behaviors in other situations, is not primary — having friends is the end goal assessed by the report card, not having friends as a predictor of something else.

While our study provides valuable evidence on predictive validity, this, of course, is not the only consideration that should inform a state's decision as to its preferred assessment.

This study, conducted for the state of Massachusetts, examined the predictive validity of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam when compared to a specific state assessment — the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)-- that it would be replacing.

He also served as senior adviser on the first study of the predictive validity of new, Common - Core - aligned assessments, assisting Massachusetts in its decision about using the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments.

Kindergarten literacy assessment of English Only and English language learner students: An examination of the predictive validity of three phonemic awareness measures.

Using a predictive validity study to examine the survey results as they relate to student achievement on standardized assessments, McREL researchers found that school climate was the greatest predictor of Grade 5 achievement in literacy.

Over half of colleges used the Accuplacer for placement into math and English courses; the Compass, which was taken off of the market last November due to poor predictive validity, was the most commonly used assessment test for ESL (33 %), and was used by over 20 % of colleges for math and English.

The Howard Street (Morris 2005) assessment procedures were administered to all three participants because the test reported high reliability and validity (predictive validity of.70 and an internal reliability of.85)(Morris, Tyner, & Perney, 2000).

The objectives were a) to assess the classification accuracy of the CAGI (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values) for detecting problem gambling as confirmed by clinical assessment; and b) to compare the CAGI with existing instruments for youth problem gambling (convergent validity).

These results support the predictive validity of parental assessment of hyperactive — impulsive behaviors during the preschool years and their use to identify children at risk for further evaluation and possible intervention.

A comparative study of adolescent risk assessment instruments: Predictive and incremental validity

Connolly and Doyle (1981) documented that, during the early childhood years, teacher ratings of child peer acceptance have concurrent and predictive validity, correlating with observational assessments of peer relations and peer - nominations.

Such first signs of a process of generalization indicate that the assessment of attachment as a more general, non-relationship-specific, characteristic of the middle - childhood child is meaningful, but the predictive validity of such assessment needs yet to be established.