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Video Interviewing for Standardized Achievement Assessments with Children

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We describe the design, execution, and results of a pilot study with a convenience sample (N = 32 children aged 5-17 years in 15 families) to evaluate the operational feasibility of video interviewing as a mode to administer standardized assessments of math, reading, and vocabulary skills to children aged 5-17 years in the United States. We review the videoconferencing interface from the perspective of the test examiner and examinee, describe protocols to provide cellular-enabled electronic tablets for examinees’ use at home, summarize the fieldwork experience, and describe lessons learned. We conclude that video interviewing is a viable alternative to in person administration from an operational standpoint and can be useful when efforts to reach study participants in-person are cost-prohibitive or ineffective.

Source: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

DOI: 10.25521/mda.657

Authors: Fomby, Paula, Sastry, Narayan, Johnson, Helen, Crane, Sarah, Connors-Burge, Veronica

Institutions: University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7169545377

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