Get the Most from Your Survey: An Application of Rasch Analysis for Education Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Bailes, Lauren P.; Nandakumar, Ratna
Titel	Get the Most from Your Survey: An Application of Rasch Analysis for Education Leaders
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 16 (2020) 2, (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-5062
Schlagwörter	Surveys; Evaluation Methods; Item Response Theory; Administrator Role; Measurement Techniques; Test Construction; Urban Schools; Elementary Schools; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Construct Validity; Test Reliability; Educational Policy; Self Efficacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Item-Response-Theorie; Messtechnik; Testaufbau; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Lehrerverhalten; Testreliabilität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	High-quality measurement tools are critical to school improvement efforts. Education researchers frequently employ surveys in order to assess a host of variables associated with school improvement. This article asserts that Rasch modeling techniques enhance the quality of a measurement tool because they comprise elements of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, and because Rasch modeling corrects the erroneous conclusions that result from the errors associated with ordinal response scale data. This article illustrates, with specific attention to the needs of education leaders and researchers, how the Rasch measurement model gauges the usefulness of survey instruments. This study illustrates the benefits of Rasch modeling using the scale that measures teacher external political efficacy (TEPE). Findings show that a set of four items captures this domain well. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	PDK International, Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, and College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Web site: http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01