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An Audiocassette Accommodation for the Tests of Adult Basic Education: Initial Validity Evidence
Author(s) -
Evans Larry D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10210
Subject(s) - accommodation , test (biology) , psychology , reading (process) , equivalence (formal languages) , test validity , adult education , developmental psychology , psychometrics , mathematics education , pedagogy , mathematics , paleontology , discrete mathematics , neuroscience , political science , law , biology
The validity of an audiocassette accommodation for the Test of Adult Basic Education was assessed with 500 adult education students. Students completed Survey Edition Forms 7 and 8 with and without the audiocassette. Equivalence coefficients range from .71 to .83 ( ps < .001) across the tests. The best predictor of the supplement's benefit across the tests is improved performance on the Test of Adult Basic Education Reading test ( r = .57, p < .01). Differences between Reading test scores with and without the audiocassette are used to determine students for whom the audiocassette might be a valid accommodation.