Jonathan Steinberg

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted an analysis of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and identified 15 components: problem solving, mechanical skills, service orientation, cultural literacy, business literacy, science literacy, civic literacy, information processing, athleticism, visual acuity, fluid intelligence, communication skills, teamwork, achievement/innovation and attention to detail/near vision.

TL;DR: The authors found that the use of translation glossaries/word lists as a testing accommodation was effective for supporting the unidimensionality of some of these assessments, specifically for the one at the 8th-grade level.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present data on three theoretically driven summative reading assessments that were developed in consultation with a research and evaluation team conducting an intervention study and discuss the empirical work that motivated the assessments, the aims of the intervention, and the process used to develop the new assessments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted an analysis of the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and identified 15 components: problem solving, mechanical skills, service orientation, cultural literacy, business literacy, science literacy, civic literacy, information processing, athleticism, visual acuity, fluid intelligence, communication skills, teamwork, achievement/innovation and attention to detail/near vision.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on two aspects of teacher supply and quality: (a) the under-representation of racial/ethnic minorities, especially African Americans in the teaching pool, and (b) teacher candidates' performance on licensure assessments, including general skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics (known as Praxis I®) and selected tests covering areas of content and pedagogy ( known as PraXis II®), and (c) are the performance differences reflected in the state licensing pass rates of majority and minority candidates.