학술논문
Integrating Validity Evidence to Revise a Child Abuse Knowledge Test for Early Childhood Education Providers: A Mixed Methods Approach.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*CHILD abuse
*EARLY childhood education
*CHILD welfare
*REVISION (Writing process)
*TEST validity
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ISSN
1098-2140
Abstract
Knowledge tests used to evaluate child protection training program effectiveness for early childhood education providers may suffer from threats to construct validity given the contextual variability inherent within state-specific regulations around mandated reporting requirements. Unfortunately, guidance on instrument revision that accounts for such state-specific mandated reporting requirements is lacking across research on evaluation practices. This study, therefore, explored how collection and integration of validity evidence using a mixed methods framework can guide the instrument revision process to arrive at a more valid program outcome measure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]