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ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC MEASUREMENT
ERROR IN PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF INSTITUTIONAL
EFFECTIVENESS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
by
Robert J. Pacheco
______________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2012
Copyright 2012 Robert J. Pacheco
Object Description
| Title | Assessing and addressing random and systematic measurement error in performance indicators of institutional effectiveness in the community college |
| Author | Pacheco, Robert J. |
| Author email | rjpachec@usc.edu;robert_pacheco@ymail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-10-19 |
| Date submitted | 2012-11-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-11-26 |
| Restricted until | 2012-11-26 |
| Date published | 2012-11-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Meehan, Kenneth Keim, Robert |
| Abstract | Over the past quarter-century, there has been an increased call for colleges and universities to better demonstrate their institutional effectiveness. This quantitative study assessed the existence and degree of random and systematic measurement error contained in performance metrics used under an accountability system for community colleges to determine the stability, consistency and validity of the indicators to measure institutional effectiveness. A binary graphic display was also employed to visually represent the impact of improving intermediate outcomes results (momentum points) such as student persistence to predict subsequent success on later, terminal outcomes of student goal achievement. Test-retest reliability and internal consistency results for the performance indicators were strong, suggesting that the measures are stable and internally consistent and that random measurement error was minimal for the measures. Multivariate correlation analysis revealed that the performance measures did contain systematic error due to socioeconomic factors irrelevant to the construct of institutional effectiveness. Residual analyses were conducted to identify over and underperformance controlled for presence of systematic error and to more accurately understand how and why institutional differences arise and to assess how those colleges who perform less well can be brought about to achieve better. |
| Keyword | institutional effectiveness; community college; multiple regression; educational measurement; accountability; performance measures |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Pacheco, Robert J. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-PachecoRob-1342.pdf |
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| Full text | ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING RANDOM AND SYSTEMATIC MEASUREMENT ERROR IN PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE by Robert J. Pacheco ______________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2012 Copyright 2012 Robert J. Pacheco |
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