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Direct linkChappell, Julia C.; Stephens, Tammy L.; Kinnison, Lloyd; Pettigrew, Johnnie D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2009
This article summarizes the results of a study involving 42 educational diagnosticians from North Texas. The study was conducted to determine diagnosticians' perceived understanding of early literacy development and their ability to effectively choose and interpret assessments of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and reading fluency. The…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Knowledge Level, Reading Fluency, Phonological Awareness
Download full textHerman, Joan L.; Osmundson, Ellen; Dietel, Ronald – Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB, 2002) has produced an explosion of interest in the use of assessment to measure and improve student learning. Initially focused on annual state tests, educators quickly learned that results came too little and too late to identify students who were falling behind. At the same time, evidence from the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation, Benchmarking, Educational Assessment
Herman, Joan L.; Osmundson, Ellen; Dietel, Ronald – Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, 2010
This report describes the purposes of benchmark assessments and provides recommendations for selecting and using benchmark assessments--addressing validity, alignment, reliability, fairness and bias and accessibility, instructional sensitivity, utility, and reporting issues. We also present recommendations on building capacity to support schools'…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Benchmarking, Educational Assessment
Shermis, Mark D.; DiVesta, Francis J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Classroom Assessment in Action" clarifies the multi-faceted roles of measurement and assessment and their applications in a classroom setting. Comprehensive in scope, Shermis and Di Vesta explain basic measurement concepts and show students how to interpret the results of standardized tests. From these basic concepts, the authors then…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Scores, Measurement
