Alternative Procedures for Collecting and Analyzing Job-Relatedness Judgments in NTE Test-Appraisal Studies.

Autor/in	Carlson, Robert E.
Titel	Alternative Procedures for Collecting and Analyzing Job-Relatedness Judgments in NTE Test-Appraisal Studies.
Quelle	(1988), (19 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Content Validity; Item Analysis; Job Performance; Licensing Examinations (Professions); National Programs; Research Methodology; Scores; Teacher Certification; Teacher Education; Test Theory; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Itemanalyse; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; nicht übertragen; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Testtheorie; Testvalidität
Abstract	Early National Teacher Examinations test-appraisal studies focused only on the extent to which the content covered on a test matched the content of teacher education curricula. Recently, there has been a shift in emphasis from adequacy-of-preparation, which is now seen by many as irrelevant to establishing the appropriateness of a teacher licensure examination, to job-relatedness. The procedures used to collect and analyze job-relatedness judgments in many studies, however, seem designed to yield positive results. Alternative procedures are described: (1) focusing the judgments to be made on necessity for successful job performance, rather than on relevance to the job; (2) asking for a total-test judgment regarding how well the tested content represents the entire domain of necessary content; and (3) computing an average per-item score, rather than a majority index. These procedures pose a more rigorous test of a licensure examination's job-relatedness. They incorporate the legal and professional requirements of appraising licensure tests, and they yield richer, more meaningful data regarding the appropriateness of using a test as a licensure requirement. (Author/TJH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC