Development and Validation of an Assessment Tool for a National Young
Worker Curriculum

Guerin, Rebecca J.; Okun, Andrea H.; Kelley, Patricia

doi:10.1002/ajim.22610

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Development and Validation of an Assessment Tool for a National Young Worker Curriculum

Published Date:

Oct 06 2016

Source:

Am J Ind Med. 59(11):969-978.

Public Access Version Available on: November 01, 2017

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Personal Authors:

Guerin, Rebecca J. ; Okun, Andrea H. ; Kelley, Patricia ;

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Pubmed ID:

27711978

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5180418

Description:

Background

An online, multiple-choice assessment was developed and validated for Youth@Work-Talking Safety, a NIOSH curriculum that equips middle and high school students with foundational workplace safety and health knowledge and skills.

Methods

Classical Test Theory was used for the test development and validation; the Jaeger method was used for cut score determination. A total of 118 multiple-choice items were developed to measure the acquisition of knowledge and skills taught through the NIOSH curriculum. Pilot testing was conducted with 192 8–12th grade students and a cut score was determined.

Results

The mean score for all test-takers on the Talking Safety assessment was 80.9%; total test reliability measured using an Alpha/KR20 statistic was 0.93. A minimum passing (cut) score of 74% was established.

Conclusions

The assessment provides an objective measure of students’ acquisition of the foundational workplace safety and health competencies taught through the Talking Safety curriculum.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

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