Table 1 Assessment literacy instrument descriptions (Adopted from DeLuca, Klinger, et al.’s (2015) work

Assessment Literacy Inventory (ALI) (Campbell et al., 2002)

35 content-based items (5 items per standard)

1990 Standards

220 pre-service teachers

α = 0.74; mean total score = 21

Assessment Practices Inventory (API) (Zhang & Burry-stock, 1997)

67 Likert-type items; 5-point scale (1 = not at all skilled to 5 = highly skilled)

1990 Standards

311 in-service teachers

α = 0.97 for total instrument; α ranged from 0.79 to 0.93 for 7 subscales

Assessment Self-Confidence Survey (Jarr, 2012)

15 Likert-type items; 7-point scale (1 = not confident at all to 7 = very confident)

(Bandura’s 2006) guidelines for constructing self-efficacy scales

201 in-service teachers

α = 0.90; mean total score = 64.9 (out of 105 max. points), SD14.2

Assessment in Vocational Classroom Questionnaire, Part II (Kershaw IV, 1993)

26 Likert-type items; 5-point scale (1 = not competent to 5 = extremely competent)

1990 Standards

393 in-service teachers

α = 0.91; mean total score = 97.0 (out of 130 max. points), SD = 12.9

Classroom Assessment Literacy Inventory (CALI) (Mertler, 2003)

35 content-based items (5 items per standard)

1990 Standards

197 in-service teachers

α = 0.57; mean total score = 22.0, SD = 3.4; α = 0.74; mean total score = 19.0, SD = 4.7

Measurement Literacy Questionnaire (Daniel & King, 1998)

30 true/false items

Assessment literature (e.g., Gullickson 1984; Kubiszyn and Borich 1996; Popham 1995)

67 pre-service teachers, 95 in-service teachers

α = 0.60; mean total score = 18.2, SD=3.3

Revised Assessment Literacy Inventory (ALI) (Mertler & Campbell, 2005)

35 scenario-based items (5 scenarios; 5 items per standard)

1990 Standards

250 pre-service teachers

α = 0.74; mean total score = 23.9, SD=4.6

Teacher Assessment Literacy Questionnaire (TALQ) (Plake et al., 1993)

35 content-based items (5 items per standard)

1990 Standards

555 in-service teachers

α = 0.54; mean total score = 23.2, SD = 3.3