TX-KEA: Can you provide background on the selection of Spanish words, prompts, letter pronunciations etc.?

 Answer

The selection of prompts, words, and general item content used in the Spanish TX-KEA was guided by criteria related to the construct assessed in each subtest. In general, selection was guided by curricular relevance, linguistic, and conceptual features targeted by an item and other developmental criteria such as age of acquisition and age of instruction. All items in Spanish were reviewed by committees of Spanish speakers representing various dialects of Spanish. Item translations were also done in committee and when appropriate underwent back translation procedures to ensure adherence to the construct being measured.

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