Measuring Educators' Attitudes and Beliefs About Evaluation: Construct Validity and Reliability of the Teacher Evaluation Experience Scale. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reddy, Linda A.; Dudek, Christopher M.; Kettler, Ryan J.; Kurz, Alexander; Peters, Stephanie
• Is Part Of: Educational assessment. Volume 21:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Periodicals; 371.26097305
• DOI: 10.1080/10627197.2016.1167592
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1062-7197

Abstract

Abstract : This study presents the reliability and validity of the Teacher Evaluation Experience Scale–Teacher Form (TEES-T), a multidimensional measure of educators' attitudes and beliefs about teacher evaluation. Confirmatory factor analyses of data from 583 teachers were conducted on the TEES-T hypothesized five-factor model, as well as on alternative models. The five- and four-factor model yielded acceptable fit to the data. Information-theory-based indices of relative fit (i.e., AIC0, BCC0, and BIC0 ) indicated that the TEES-T four-factor model yielded superior fit to either the five-factor or one-factor models. The TEES-T evidenced good internal consistency, freedom from item bias, and convergent validity with the Collective Efficacy Scale. Implications are discussed.