Penny Holding|Adote Anum|Fons J. R. van de Vijver|Maclean Vokhiwa|Nancy Bugase|Toffajjal Hossen|Charles Makasi|Frank Baiden|Omari Kimbute|Oscar Bangre|Rashidul Hasan|Khadija Nanga|Ransford Paul Selasi Sefenu|Nasmin A-Hayat|Naila Khan|Abraham Oduro|Rumana Rashid|Rasheda Samad|Jan Singlovic|Abul Faiz|Melba Gomes
Can we measure cognitive constructs consistently within and across cultures? Evidence from a test battery in Bangladesh, Ghana, and Tanzania
University of Ghana|Tilburg University|University of Malawi|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service|University of Ghana|Dhaka Shishu Hospital|Chittagong Medical College|World Health Organization|Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit|Mahidol University|Child Health Research Foundation|World Health Organization
developed test battery use among children bangladesh ghana tanzania assessing general intelligence executive functioning school achievement instruments drawn previously published materials tests instruments adapted translated systematic way meet needs three assessment contexts instruments administered total 43 trained assessors 786 children bangladesh ghana tanzania mean age 13 years range 718 years battery provides psychometrically solid basis evaluating intervention studies multiple settings withingroup variation adequate group expected positive correlations test performance age found reliability indices yielded adequate values confirmatory factor analysis including literacy numeracy tests showed good fit model merging intelligence executive tests single factor labeled general intelligence measurement weights invariance found supporting conceptual equivalence across three country groups supporting full score comparability across three countries