A Calculus of Occupational Skill Attainment: Building More Validity into a Valid Assessment System

Autor/inn/en	Munyofu, Paul; Kohr, Richard
Titel	A Calculus of Occupational Skill Attainment: Building More Validity into a Valid Assessment System
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 46 (2009) 2, S.75-113 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	Employment Qualifications; Achievement; Program Effectiveness; Correlation; Cutting Scores; Calculus; Validity; Evaluation; Vocational Education; Legislation; High Schools; Community Colleges; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Performance; Leistung; Korrelation; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Gültigkeit; Evaluierung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Gesetzgebungslehre; High school; Oberschule; Community college; Community College
Abstract	This study investigated several aspects of occupational skill assessment as implemented in one state: (1) What is the extent to which student achievement on the cognitive component was related to their achievement on the psychomotor component of the technical skill assessments? (2) How efficiently was their overall composite attainment calculated? And (3) How well did this attainment predict student productivity on the job as determined by the employer's customer satisfaction? A sample of 118 student attainment scores on the written and performance components showed positive correlation. Further, this attainment was positively correlated with employers' customer satisfaction ratings. The panel of 16 national experts who participated in this study concluded that the Nedelsky (1974) method used to set the cut score needed to be re-evaluated. They also recommended that the scheme of calculation for determining one composite achievement level from the two test components should be modified. (Contains 16 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10