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Integrating Validity Evidence to Revise a Child Abuse Knowledge Test for Early Childhood Education Providers: A Mixed Methods Approach

Published:2021-11-22 Issue: Volume: Page:109821402110029
ISSN:1098-2140
Container-title:American Journal of Evaluation
language:en
Short-container-title:American Journal of Evaluation

Author:

Panlilio Carlomagno C.¹^ORCID,Famularo Lisa²,Masters Jessica²,Dore Sarah³,Verdiglione Nicole³,Yang Chengwu⁴,Lehman Erik⁵,Hamm Robert M.⁶^ORCID,Fiene Richard⁷⁸,Bard David⁹,Kapp Karl M.¹⁰,Levi Benjamin H.³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

2. Research Matters, LLC, Kennebunk, ME, USA

3. Department of Humanities and Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

4. Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, College of Dentistry, New York University, NY, USA

5. Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

6. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

7. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

8. Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

9. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

10. Department of Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University, PA, USA

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.

Funder

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Strategy and Management,Sociology and Political Science,Education,Health (social science),Social Psychology,Business and International Management

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10982140211002901

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