| Validity |
Cross Sources: Reliability, Content relevance, Content representativeness
Definition: The degree to which a test or other assessment measure measures what it is designed to measure
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| Value-added |
Cross Sources: Learning gain, Longitudinal change, Pre and post
Definition: The effects educational providers have had on students during their programs of study. The impact of participating in higher education on student learning and development above that which would have occurred through natural maturation, usually measured as longitudinal change or difference between pretest and posttest; A comparison of the knowledge, skills, and developmental traits that students bring to the educational process with the knowledge, skills and developmental traits they demonstrate upon completion of the educational process.
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| Variable |
Cross Sources: Study
Definition: Any quantity that can assume more than one state or numerical value.
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| Variance |
Cross Sources: Standard deviation
Definition: A measure of variability of test scores, computed as the sum of the squares of the deviations of raw scores from the arithmetic mean, divided by one less than the number of scores; the square of the standard deviations.
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| Voting participation |
Cross Sources: Values, value-added
Definition: A behavioral outcome associated with citizenship skills; information on this outcome has been captured through the Census in recent years.
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| Vocational and Technical Education |
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Definition: Organized educational activities that offer a sequence of courses that provides individuals with the academic and technical knowledge and skills the individuals need to prepare for further education and for careers in current or emerging employment sectors; and Includes a competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills and occupation-specific skills.
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