Transparency and
validity of assessment data are also at risk.
Not exact matches
Third,
data assessment by only two reviewers might limit the
validity of meta - narrative synthesis, though this is superior to
assessment by a single reviewer.
For example, many states have adopted the research - backed Teaching Strategies GOLD
assessment, which prompts teachers to collect observational
data ranging from children's physical and social - emotional development to their literacy and math skills.Do - Hong Kim, Richard G. Lambert, and Diane C. Burts, «Evidence
of the
Validity of Teaching Strategies GOLD ®
Assessment Tool for English Language Learners and Children with Disabilities,» Early Education and Development 24 (2013): 574 — 595, doi: 10.1080 / 10409289.2012.701500; Teaching Strategies, Teaching Strategies GOLD
Assessment System: A Technical Summary, 2013.
What determines the
validity of the
assessment is whether the
data from the tests can be used to improve instruction.
These examples include
assessment audits, implementing systems to collect, manage, and analyze
assessment data, supporting
assessment literacy, increasing transparency and timeliness, increasing communications about the purpose
of statewide
assessments, making
assessment results more usable and understandable for educators and parents, improving the quality
of assessments, and increasing the
validity and reliability
of statewide
assessments.
In the analysis
of observed phenomena, the
validity of a conjecture can be tested over «a longer period
of time by using historical
data, including (with cognizance
of the limits
of accuracy) proxy
assessment methods.
DRI was confined to an
assessment of the former as it assessed the
validity of the
Data Retention Directive, which excluded provisions relating to data acc
Data Retention Directive, which excluded provisions relating to
data acc
data access.
The latter, provisions on
data access, must be subject to a distinct
validity assessment in light
of their differing context and objectives, according to the referring court.
The
validity of questionnaires is improved if they are part
of an integrative
assessment that examines patterns across
data sources and time periods.
For example, many states have adopted the research - backed Teaching Strategies GOLD
assessment, which prompts teachers to collect observational
data ranging from children's physical and social - emotional development to their literacy and math skills.Do - Hong Kim, Richard G. Lambert, and Diane C. Burts, «Evidence
of the
Validity of Teaching Strategies GOLD ®
Assessment Tool for English Language Learners and Children with Disabilities,» Early Education and Development 24 (2013): 574 — 595, doi: 10.1080 / 10409289.2012.701500; Teaching Strategies, Teaching Strategies GOLD
Assessment System: A Technical Summary, 2013.
The strengths
of the study include: a naturalistic setting, which increases the external
validity of the findings, a multimethod
assessment of two outcomes (parenting and child problem behavior), availability
of four
data points, minimal attrition across waves, and LGM analyses that specified and tested a theoretically based potential mediator
of program effects.
Among these,
data strongly support the
validity of the Social Phobia and Difference measures
of the SPAI and Total SAS - A score as
assessment measures in the adolescent population even in non-American cultures and languages.