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Standards as a Tool for Teaching and Assessing Cross-Curricular Writing
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Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Berge, Kjell Lars; Thygesen, Ragnar; Matre, Synnove; Solheim, Randi – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The Berge et al. article in this volume presents the functional construct of writing that underlies summative and formative assessment of writing as a key competency in Norway. A functional construct implies that specific acts of writing and their purposes constrain what is a relevant selection among the semiotic resources that writing generally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Writing Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Beyond Single Readability Measures: Using Multiple Sources of Information in Establishing Text Complexity
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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Education, 2011
The "Common Core State Standards/English Language Arts" include the ability to become increasingly more capable with complex text over the school career, redirecting attention to the measurement of text complexity. While suggesting multiple criteria, the Standards offer a single measure of text complexity--Lexiles. Additional…
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Readability, Information Sources, Difficulty Level
First- through Eighth-Grade Retention Rates for All 50 States: A New Method and Initial Results
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Warren, John Robert; Saliba, Jim – Educational Researcher, 2012
How many students repeat a grade each year? How do retention rates vary across states and over time? Despite extensive research on the predictors and consequences of grade retention, there is no systematic way to quantify state-level retention rates; even national estimates rely on imperfect proxy measures. We present a conceptually simple…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Public Education, National Surveys
Progress Monitoring in Oral Reading Fluency within the Context of RTI
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Griffiths, Amy-Jane; VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Skokut, Mary; Lilles, Elena – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
Selecting appropriate measures to make decisions about child response to intervention is a key concern. The most commonly used assessment tool in response to intervention (RTI) models is curriculum-based measurement (CBM). However, an issue related to the use of CBM is the identification of measures that are of similar difficulty. To the degree…
Descriptors: Intervention, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Student Reaction
Chinese Language and Culture: 9-Year Program Classroom Assessment Materials, Grade 4
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Alberta Education, 2008
This document is designed to provide assessment materials for specific Grade 4 outcomes in the Chinese Language and Culture Nine-year Program, Grades 4-5-6. The assessment materials are designed for the beginner level in the context of teaching for communicative competence. Grade 4 learning outcomes from the Chinese Language and Culture Nine-year…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Grade 4
Spanish Language and Culture: 9- Year Program Classroom Assessment Materials, Grade 4
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Alberta Education, 2008
This document is designed to provide assessment materials for specific Grade 4 outcomes in the Spanish Language and Culture Nine-year Program, Grades 4-5-6. The assessment materials are designed for the beginner level in the context of teaching for communicative competence. Grade 4 learning outcomes from the Spanish Language and Culture Nine-year…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Formative Evaluation