Examining the Preservice School Principals' Impromptu Speech Skills With a Many-Facet Rasch Model

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Abstract

The Purpose of this study is to investigate the usefulness of the Many-Facet Rasch Model (MFRM) in evaluating the impromptu speech skills of pre-service principals. Different Facets, including the ability of pre-service principals, scoring criteria, rater severity, rater gender, and topic types are examined. Data with a sample of 186 pre-service principals rated by 9 raters were used in this study. The results of this study show that the MFRM provides a scientific approach to assessment which can reveal some diagnostic information from the original ordinal rating scores.

Authors

• Ming Chuan Hsieh, National Academy for Educational Research

• Akihito Kamata, Southern Methodist University