ERIC Number: EJ1329634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 20
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Using an Assessment System for Data-Driven Reform: Effects of mCLASS on Third-Grade Reading Test Scores and Special Education Placement
Liebfreund, Meghan D.; Porter, Stephen R.; Amendum, Steven J.; Starcke, Matt A.
Elementary School Journal, v122 n3 p341-360 Mar 2022
The present study employed a difference-in-difference approach to determine the impact of a technologically enhanced diagnostic and formative assessment system implemented in one US state in kindergarten through third grade on school-level end-of-year third-grade reading test scores and percentage of students receiving special education services. Data were obtained for 795 elementary schools that implemented the assessment system in a staggered progression across multiple years. The analysis estimated the effect of the assessment system on the entire third-grade sample, and by selected demographic characteristics. Results showed no effect of the assessment system on average end-of-year reading scores or school-level percentage of students receiving special education services. Follow-up models including time and fidelity information also obtained null results overall. Given the null, schools should consider modifications to the ways they obtain, manage, and use assessment data.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Tests, Scores, Reading Achievement, Special Education, Data Use, Formative Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
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