Journal article
A Rasch Analysis of Three Measures of Teacher Perception Generated from the School and Staffing Survey
Educational and psychological measurement, Vol.64(5), pp.842-860
10/01/2004
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404263882
Abstract
The National Center for Educational Statistics’1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey data are used extensively by researchers conducting secondary analysis on a variety of issues including teacher quality, teacher preparation, and the use of technology in the classroom. Researchers frequently combine the data from several related survey questions to create scaled variables, but little is known about the psychometric quality of these created variables. In this article, a Rasch analysis is conducted on three types of teacher perception: perception of influence, perception of students, and school climate. Measures for each type of teacher perception are scaled using a Rasch Rating Scale Model. The quality of these measures for the three scales is then examined. Evaluations focus on six characteristics of each instrument: dimensionality, internal consistency, rating category effectiveness, item quality, item hierarchy, and measure quality. Overall, the three scaled variables exhibit acceptable quality and are appropriate for use in secondary data analysis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Rasch Analysis of Three Measures of Teacher Perception Generated from the School and Staffing Survey
- Creators
- Edward W. Wolfe - Michigan State UniversityLisa M. Ray - Michigan State UniversityDebbi C. Harris - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational and psychological measurement, Vol.64(5), pp.842-860
- DOI
- 10.1177/0013164404263882
- ISSN
- 0013-1644
- eISSN
- 1552-3888
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9985123696902771
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