41st Annual Conference (2015)

Survey of teachers’ attitude to the validity of instruments used for continuous assessment of basic education in north central geo-political zone of Nigeria

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Prof. Charles M. Anikweze

Continuous assessment (CA) is applied at all levels of education in the Nigerian school system but its implementation particularly at basic education levels is still fraught with hiccups. At federal…

Assessing ICT literacy via computer

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Ray Philpot

ICT literacy is about using computer technology to access, manage, evaluate and create&#160,information, and communicate it appropriately. The last few years have seen dramaticchanges in computer technology and how it…

The Factor Structure of the Giftedness Assessment Instrument (GAI) as an Identification measure of Giftedness

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Anya Chidimma Adamma, M.L. Mayanchi

The study investigated the factor structure of the Giftedness Assessment Instrument (GAI) as an identification measure of giftedness construct among primary six children in Lagos, Nigeria. A sample of six…

Progress in the validation of high stakes assessment: the case of Selection test for Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools in Kazakhstan

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Dariya Kulbayeva, Frans Kamphuis, Frans Kleintjes, Miras Baimyrza, Nico Dieteren, Rustam Abilov, Zamira Rakhymbayeva

Improving Validity of Tests through Improved Test Development Procedures

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Emmanuel I. Anyanwu, Felix Ikechukwu Williams Onwuakpa

Psychometricians over the world are of the view that validity and reliability of testitems are very critical in Quality Assurance of test items. However, validity is themost important between the…

The Evolution of Validity and Modern Psychometrics: Do We Need to Revisit Item Validity?

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Charles Secolsky, Walt Drane, William Buchanan

Early validity studies were concerned with the discriminative capacity of items. Were examinees with high total test scores answering items correctly and were examinees with low total test scores answering…

The impact of technology on the validity of assessment in large scale public examinations

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Charles Eguridu, O.F. Dacosta

With a track record in public examinations that spans over six decades, the West AfricanExaminations Council presents some of the challenges and innovations in the conduct of highstake examinations in…

What Teachers Know about Validity of Classroom Tests: Evidence from a University in Nigeria

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Christiana Ugodulunwa, Sayita G. Wakjissa

This study sought to find out university teachers&#8217, knowledge of content and predictive validity of classroom tests. A sample of 89 teachers was randomly selected from five departments in the…

Staff Perception of the Adoption of ICT for the Management of Data on Examination Malpractice

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Ayodele Peters Oyejide, Mrs Olayinka Omoladun Ajibade

Examination boards often prescribe severe sanctions for engagement in examination malpracticebecause such actions undermine the integrity and validity of assessment. Errors in the data onexamination malpractice would therefore have serious…

Validity Concerns in Education Assessment and the Competence of the Classroom Teacher: An Overview of the Uganda Classroom Teacher Competence

August 2, 2018

41st Annual Conference (2015), Dan Kyagaba

Validity is one of the critical indicators of the quality of an assessment instrument. It is basically&#160,the measure of the extent to which an assessment instrument measures what it was…

41st Annual Conference (2015)

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