{"title":"A Validation Trajectory for the Washington Assessment of Risks and Needs of Students","authors":"Chad M. Gotch, B. French","doi":"10.1080/10627197.2019.1702462","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The State of Washington requires school districts to file court petitions on students with excessive unexcused absences. The Washington Assessment of Risks and Needs of Students (WARNS), a self-report screening instrument developed for use by high school and juvenile court personnel in such situations, purports to measure six facets of risks and needs of youth relevant to improving school and life outcomes. Many psychometric analyses have been documented either in the technical manual or through peer-reviewed publications. We review this body of evidence in the context of a central claim about score interpretation/use and the inferences that underlie that claim. Such evidence is strong for inferences related to the target domain, scoring, generalization, and extrapolation. Evidence for an implication inference, however, is pending. We propose a validation trajectory partnership for the WARNS to build evidence through a collaborative research program.","PeriodicalId":46209,"journal":{"name":"Educational Assessment","volume":"25 1","pages":"65 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10627197.2019.1702462","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Educational Assessment","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2019.1702462","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The State of Washington requires school districts to file court petitions on students with excessive unexcused absences. The Washington Assessment of Risks and Needs of Students (WARNS), a self-report screening instrument developed for use by high school and juvenile court personnel in such situations, purports to measure six facets of risks and needs of youth relevant to improving school and life outcomes. Many psychometric analyses have been documented either in the technical manual or through peer-reviewed publications. We review this body of evidence in the context of a central claim about score interpretation/use and the inferences that underlie that claim. Such evidence is strong for inferences related to the target domain, scoring, generalization, and extrapolation. Evidence for an implication inference, however, is pending. We propose a validation trajectory partnership for the WARNS to build evidence through a collaborative research program.
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Educational Assessment publishes original research and scholarship on the assessment of individuals, groups, and programs in educational settings. It includes theory, methodological approaches and empirical research in the appraisal of the learning and achievement of students and teachers, young children and adults, and novices and experts. The journal reports on current large-scale testing practices, discusses alternative approaches, presents scholarship on classroom assessment practices and includes assessment topics debated at the national level. It welcomes both conceptual and empirical pieces and encourages articles that provide a strong bridge between theory and/or empirical research and the implications for educational policy and/or practice.
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