W. Holmes Finch, Jerrell C. Cassady, C. Addison Helsper
{"title":"Identification and validation of severity standards for the academic anxiety scale","authors":"W. Holmes Finch, Jerrell C. Cassady, C. Addison Helsper","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2024.2317758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2317758","url":null,"abstract":"The Academic Anxiety Scale (AAS; Cassady, 2022; Cassady et al., 2019) is a measure of the construct academic anxiety, which is a generalized representation of anxieties experienced by learners in e...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140149351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Paula Porto Noronha, Leandro S. Almeida, Caroline T. Reppold
{"title":"Internal structure and invariance analysis of the EAGrit-LP-R scale for Grit assessment","authors":"Ana Paula Porto Noronha, Leandro S. Almeida, Caroline T. Reppold","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2024.2312105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2312105","url":null,"abstract":"Grit is a stable and measurable trait. It refers to the individual’s ability to maintain efforts and interest in projects that take time to complete and are useful in educational contexts. In this ...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140149350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chet Robie, Sabah Rasheed, Stephen D. Risavy, Piers Steel
{"title":"A meta-analysis of the relationship between Wonderlic test scores and school success","authors":"Chet Robie, Sabah Rasheed, Stephen D. Risavy, Piers Steel","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2024.2318424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2318424","url":null,"abstract":"This meta-analysis examined the validity of an alternative to traditional assessments called the Wonderlic which is a brief measure of general mental ability. Our results showed significant, positi...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139909737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Jennifer McMurrer, Tina Barton
{"title":"Designing classroom assessments with the end user in mind","authors":"Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Jennifer McMurrer, Tina Barton","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2024.2306549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2024.2306549","url":null,"abstract":"Teachers are key users of classroom assessment data; however, their needs and preferences are often overlooked in the design and development of the assessments themselves. We used principles of Hum...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139758187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dragos Iliescu, Dave Bartram, Pia Zeinoun, Matthias Ziegler, Paula Elosua, Stephen Sireci, Kurt F. Geisinger, Aletta Odendaal, Maria Elena Oliveri, Jon Twing, Wayne Camara
{"title":"The Test Adaptation Reporting Standards (TARES): reporting test adaptations","authors":"Dragos Iliescu, Dave Bartram, Pia Zeinoun, Matthias Ziegler, Paula Elosua, Stephen Sireci, Kurt F. Geisinger, Aletta Odendaal, Maria Elena Oliveri, Jon Twing, Wayne Camara","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2294266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2294266","url":null,"abstract":"The “Test Adaptation Reporting Standards” (TARES), or “TARES statement” was developed to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of test adaptation procedures. The TARES contains a...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139462538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detecting differential item functioning with multiple causes: A comparison of three methods","authors":"Xiaowen Liu","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2286381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2286381","url":null,"abstract":"Differential item functioning (DIF) often arises from multiple sources. Within the context of multidimensional item response theory, this study examined DIF items with varying secondary dimensions ...","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138505211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of random responders as a function of scale position and questionnaire length in the TIMSS 2015 eighth-grade student questionnaire","authors":"Saskia van Laar, Johan Braeken","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2263206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2263206","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the impact of two questionnaire characteristics, scale position and questionnaire length, on the prevalence of random responders in the TIMSS 2015 eighth-grade student questionnaire. While there was no support for an absolute effect of questionnaire length, we did find a positive effect for scale position, with an increase of 5% in random responding over the course of the questionnaire (in both the shorter and the longer version). However, scale character turned out to be an unexpected but more important determinant. Scales about students’ confidence in mathematics or science showed an increase of 9% in random responding, which is double the impact of scale position. Potential mechanisms underlying the confidence case and general implications of the results for questionnaire design are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136115930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gisele Magarotto Machado, Nelson Hauck-Filho, Ariela Raissa Lima-Costa, Lucas de Francisco Carvalho
{"title":"An empirical test of a new trait-based measure for psychopathy in a community sample of adults","authors":"Gisele Magarotto Machado, Nelson Hauck-Filho, Ariela Raissa Lima-Costa, Lucas de Francisco Carvalho","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2249568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2249568","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the current study, we used latent profile analysis to investigate the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 capacity to discriminate psychopathy traits in a sample of adults. Participants were 628 adults from the general population recruited by convenience. Our latent profile analysis recovered two groups: Psychopathic Tendencies and Empathetic Tendencies. The psychopathic tendencies group scored higher in all the IDCP-2 factors comprising psychopathy features. Although our study has sample restrictions, we found evidence for using IDCP-2 factors to discriminate people with low and high levels of psychopathic traits. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings.","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45924245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karoline A. Sachse, Sebastian Weirich, N. Mahler, Camilla Rjosk
{"title":"Explaining performance decline over the course of taking comprehensive proficiency tests: the roles of effort and omission propensity","authors":"Karoline A. Sachse, Sebastian Weirich, N. Mahler, Camilla Rjosk","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2250889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2250889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43932169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Questionnaire-taking motivation: Using response times to assess motivation to optimize on the PISA 2018 student questionnaire","authors":"Erik Lundgren, Hanna Eklöf","doi":"10.1080/15305058.2023.2214647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2023.2214647","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to assess student motivation to provide valid responses to the PISA student questionnaire. This was done by modeling response times using a three-component finite mixture model, comprising two satisficing response styles (rapid and idle) and one optimizing response style. Each participant’s motivation was operationalized as their probability of providing an optimizing response to questionnaire items. Overall, the model offered a good fit to the data. Results indicate that most responders were motivated to optimize, with a slight decline toward the end. Further, results showed a positive effect of questionnaire-taking motivation on PISA performance, suggesting a positive relationship to test-taking motivation. In conclusion, response times can be valuable indicators for assessing survey response quality and may serve as a proxy for test-taking motivation.","PeriodicalId":46615,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Testing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135477909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}