What is assessment?

Category: terminology

Sul (2021) compiled the core elements of various assessment definitions to describe assessment as: the representation of a domain of knowledge, skill, or affect through the use of procedures that allo...

Is a Likert scale ordinal or interval?

Category: survey

It is important to clarify the difference between the item scale and the total score scale. The item scales are ordinal as they represent distinct ordered categories. While a number is typically assig...

What is culturally specific assessment?

Category: terminology

Culturally specific assessment is assessment that (a) supports the (academic) development of individuals, (b) is inclusive of a willingness to nurture and support cultural competence, (c) aims to supp...

I have performed a Rasch analysis using the TAM package in R. How can I interpret the findings?

Category: measurement

At their core, models are grounded in the estimation of model parameters and the accompanying fit statistics which can help to determine the appropriateness of the estimates for the model parameters. ...

What is the Disjuncture-response Dialectic?

Category: terminology

The Disjuncture-response dialectic (Sul, 2021) is a theoretical framework that situates the work of culturally specific assessment developers within a swirling environment of sociohistorical factors, ...

Can Rasch analysis indicate which items belong to a certain category?

Category: measurement

The item fit statistics will provide insight on the appropriateness of each item assigned to particular item categories under the proposed model. If you have completed your analytical run, you should ...