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Direct linkWeeks, Jonathan P. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2018
Vertical scales are widely used in educational assessment as a basis for considering grade-to-grade changes in student performance. Typically, the underlying construct is assumed to be essentially unidimensional; however, if there is a change in the measured construct across grades, this assumption may be untenable. Developing a multidimensional…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Reading Tests, Reading Skills, Basic Skills
Wilcox, Kristen Campbell – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This yearlong ethnographic case study investigated higher and lower track adolescents' experiences with core content-area (social studies, science, and math) writing in one urban working-class district. Teacher, student, and administrator interviews; field notes; and students' written work comprised the data set. The findings from this…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary Schools, Case Studies, Ethnography
Johnson, Evelyn S.; Galow, Patricia A.; Allenger, Robert – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2013
This article reports the results of a study examining the utility of curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in algebra for predicting performance on a state math assessment and informing instructional placement decisions for students in seventh, eighth, and tenth grades. Students completed six Basic Skills algebra probes across different time…
Descriptors: Algebra, Decision Making, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools
