The development and validation of the North Carolina Elementary Measures of Music Achievement : five test batteries for grades one through five

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Mary Ann Warren (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Patricia Sink

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop the North Carolina Elementary Measures of Music Achievement. The primary objective of this study was to construct a useable, valid and reliable test of music achievement for grades one through five in North Carolina, and a sufficiently comprehensive test to measure adequately the concepts included in state-adopted textbooks (Silver Burdett and Ginn, World of Music, 1988 and Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Music, 1988) and in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The aurally presented test was administered to a sample of 117 students in grades one through five in North Carolina. Raw scores were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. To analyze NCEMMA for bias and to provide foundational research for future standardization, effects of grade, age, gender, race, parents' education and parents' occupation were examined using one-way analyses of variance. Test qualities for each grade level were analyzed for content validity, for item difficulty and discrimination, and for reliability and standard error of measurement. Following data analyses, evaluation of students' test performances and assessment of NCEMMA test qualities, recommendations for revisions were made. At the current stage of developing and validating the North Carolina Elementary Measures of Music Achievement, the five test batteries were found to be useable, valid and reliable for measuring elementary students' music achievements.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1994
Subjects
Music $x Instruction and study $v Juvenile
Music $x Instruction and study $z North Carolina

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