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Korean Behavior Assessment System for Children 3rd Edition Teacher Rating Scales-Child Form: A Validation Study

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 61-73, February 2025.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean Behavior Assessment System for Children 3rd Edition Teacher Rating Scales-Child Form (K·BASC-3 TRS-C). We used the generalized partial credit model based on item response ...

Dynamic Testing of Instructional Needs: A Training-Only Graduated Prompts Approach

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 74-87, February 2025.
Dynamic testing, though underutilized, holds potential for assessing learning and instructional needs. However, its limited adoption is often attributed to the perceived time and labor-intensive nature of its administration. This study explores the ...

Describing the Relationship Between Word Decoding, Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, and the Orthographic Lexicon in the KTEA-3 and WIAT-4

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 3-17, February 2025.
Practitioners are encouraged to apply theories of reading development to psychoeducational test interpretation. Orthographic mapping provides an explanation of the acquisition of sight words. Although many test batteries provide tasks for practitioners to ...

Development of a Cognitive Assessment Checklist for First-Grade Mathematics: Utilizing Hierarchical Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling in Elementary Education

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 88-107, February 2025.
This study aimed to address the need for a comprehensive assessment tool to evaluate the mathematical abilities of first-grade students through cognitive diagnostic assessment (CDA). The primary challenge involved in this endeavor was to delineate the ...

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the KeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 18-35, February 2025.
TheKeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment(KM-3) is an individually-administered math assessment used in educational placement and diagnostic decisions. It includes 10 subtests making up Basic Concepts, Operations, and Applications indexes and a “Total Test” ...

Psychometric Properties of the School Support Scale (SSS) for a Sample of Chilean Adolescents

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 116-122, February 2025.
This study assesses the psychometric properties of the School Support Scale (SSS), part of the CHKS’s Resilience Youth Development Module (RYDM;Furlong et al., 2009), among 231 sixth- and seventh-grade students in urban public schools in Chile. Results ...

A Brief Measure of Classroom Climate for Elementary School Students

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 108-115, February 2025.
Since classroom climate is inherently a group level phenomenon, we argue that measures shown to be valid and reliable in multi-level settings are needed. We propose a brief, 5-item measure of classroom climate and demonstrate its reliability and validity ...

Psychometric Properties of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale: A Second-Order CFA Analysis

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
The study examined the psychometric structure of Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale (BNSG-S) with a sample of 495 college students. It compared the original 21-item version (Gagné, 2003) with the shortened 16-item version (Johnston & Finney, 2010), ...

Technical Properties of the ClassMaps Survey

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
More than a decade after two comprehensive examinations of the technical properties of the ClassMaps Survey (CMS), this study reexamined the structure and internal consistency of the scale and, for the first time, examined its measurement invariance ...

Validating Ideal and Actual Positive Affect Measure Among Chinese Adolescents: Affect Valuation Theory

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Cultural variations in affective experiences are observed. Research on positive affect with refined categorizations has been limited. This study examined the Affect Valuation Theory and its measure, the Affect Valuation Index (AVI), using a sample of high ...

IRT Analysis of the Grit-S Scale: Evaluation With Racially/Ethnically Diverse Adolescents in the US

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Objective:The factor structure of the Grit-S is the subject of much debate. The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Grit-S and validate its psychometric properties among racially/ethically minoritized adolescents using Item ...

The Factor Structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in India

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief instrument developed primarily for screening children and adolescents for social-emotional learning. The SDQ contains four factors related to socio-emotional difficulties and one factor related ...

Development and Validation of the Perfectionism Literacy Questionnaire

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality characteristic associated with mental health problems. However, its features are commonly misunderstood, and many people are unaware of the risks it can pose. This study aimed to develop the first self-...

Multidimensional Scaling of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children in a Clinical Sample Assessed for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a significant public health concern arising from prenatal alcohol exposure. This study examines the clinical utility of Wechsler intelligence tests in assessing cognition in 108 children with confirmed prenatal ...

A Validity Study of the Traditional Chinese Version of the Claremont Purpose Scale for Taiwanese Adolescents

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and gather evidence supporting the validity of scores from a traditional Chinese version of the Claremont Purpose Scale (TC-CPS) among Taiwanese adolescents. The TC-CPS, measuring meaningfulness, ...

Measurement Invariance and Cohort Trends for Social and Emotional Learning Measures Across Four Statewide Administrations: Conventional Fit Statistics Versus the RMSEAD

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
We assessed measurement invariance (MI) and cohort trends for five social and emotional learning (SEL) measures across four administrations (2013, 2016, 2019, 2022) of a statewide student survey including grades 5, 8, 9, and 11 (n= 626,082). The MI ...

Development and Initial Validation of the Computer-Based Orthographic Processing Assessment Short Form: An Application of Cognitive Diagnostic Modeling

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
A short form of the 60-item computer-based orthographic processing assessment (long-form COPA or COPA-LF) was developed. The COPA-LF consists of five skills, including rapid perception, access, differentiation, correction, and arrangement. Thirty items ...

The Riddle Knowledge Inference Test (R-Kit)

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Ahead of Print.
Inference is considered an important factor in comprehension models and has been described as a causal factor in predicting comprehension. To date, specific tests for inference are rare and often rely on specific thematic texts. This reliance on thematic ...
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