Validating the ESBW Test: Factorial Structure and Measurement Invariance

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Abstract

Student teachers’ professional knowledge is of main importance in academic teacher education. The present research aims at identifying a way to assess educational knowledge as a crucial part of teachers’ professional knowledge. Therefore, we validate a standard-based test instrument called Essen-Test for the Assessment of Standard-Based Educational Knowledge (ESBW test). In addition to the evaluation of the factorial structure, the empirical differentiation from similar test instruments as well as the measurement invariance of the ESBW test across different groups of student teachers is investigated. Results, based on data from 312 German teacher students, confirm a separability of the instruments examined. Furthermore, results indicate partial strict measurement invariance across two groups of students with different study progress.

Authors

• Sinja Müser, University of Duisburg-Essen

• Jens Fleischer, Ruhr-University Bochum

• Detlev Leutner, University of Duisburg-Essen