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Differences among Subgroups in Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Timed Oral Reading Fluency Measures and Informal Reading Inventories on Performance on Computer Adaptive Assessments of Reading
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Perry, Paul J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Recent legislation such as No Child Left Behind and the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) increasingly pressure teachers and schools to be accountable for instructional time in the form of improved test scores. As a result, students are given an increasing variety of assessments in a given school year in an attempt to measure academic…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Informal Reading Inventories
Elementary Writing Assessment: The Predictive Validity of Writing Curriculum-Based Measurements
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Platt, Sara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The adoption of Common Core State Standards by many states prompted the development of new standardized writing assessments. A limited number of studies investigated the predictive ability of curriculum-based measurements (CBMs) as related to state assessments in writing, and none have analyzed the Mississippi Assessment Program (MAP) for writing.…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Standardized Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment, Common Core State Standards
The Association between Elementary Teacher Licensure Test Scores and Student Growth in Mathematics: An Analysis of Massachusetts MTEL and MCAS Tests
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LeGeros, Life – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quasi-experimental value-added study provided evidence for the predictive validity of the Massachusetts MTEL General Curriculum Mathematics Subtest by finding an association between the licensure test results of 130 teachers and the growth of their 2640 grade 4 and 5 students. The study took advantage of a natural experiment that arose due to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement
Curriculum-Based Measures in Writing: A School-Based Evaluation of Predictive Validity
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Terenzi, Christina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Recent research in the area of Curriculum-Based Measures (CBM) in writing has shown that traditionally used metrics, such as total words written and total words correct, may not be the best tools for measuring writing performance, for both secondary and elementary aged children (e.g., Gansle, Noell, VanDerHeyden, Naquin, & Slider, 2002; Tindal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Writing Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Grade 4
The Predictive Validity of Early Reading Curriculum-Based Measurement of High-Stakes Tests in Grades 3, 4 and 5
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Caywood-Rukas, Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine the predictive validity of early literacy curriculum-based measurement on high-stakes reading tests administered in grades 3, 4 and 5. This study will examine curriculum-based measurement subtests kindergarten Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Letter-Naming Fluency (LNF) and 1st grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Early Reading, Grades (Scholastic)
The English Language Arts (ELA) Exam and Academic Achievement: Is There a Relationship? Predictive Validity of Statewide Measures
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Mazza, Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act is a mandate from the federal government for education to increase student performance and school accountability. As a result of this mandate, many states have issued the use of high-stakes standardized tests as a means of monitoring schools' accountability. New York State administers the English Language Arts (ELA)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, Standardized Tests