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Jodie Schraven – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Predictive validity was explored between vocabulary matching (VM) probe scores and the "integrated" Louisiana Education Assessment Program (iLEAP) social studies standardized subtest score for 224 sixth-grade students across demographic categories from one rural southeastern Louisiana school district. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Predictive Validity, Scores, Rural Schools
Bonnaig, Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative correlational research was to investigate to what extent 2007 performance of third grade students who had been retained in 2006 for failing to attain proficiency on the Reading and Mathematics Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) predicted their performance in 2010 on the sixth grade Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Scores, Statistical Analysis
Hogan-Samuel, Eutrophia Lenora – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The nation is challenged with improving the mathematics achievement of its students. No Child Left Behind holds schools, districts, and states accountable for improving student achievement. Because high stakes tests are given at the end of the school year, schools are presented with the challenging task of developing or purchasing reliable…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment, High Stakes Tests, Scores
Merrigan, Teresa E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of alternative approaches to administering and scoring curriculum-based measurement for written expression. Specifically, three response durations (3, 5, and 7 minutes) and six score types (total words written, words spelled correctly, percent of words spelled correctly,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Testing, Scoring, Writing Tests
Megert, Brian R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In recent years, state and national policy created the need for higher accountability standards for student academic performance. This increased accountability creates an imperative to have a formative assessment system reflecting validity in inferences about the effectiveness of instruction and performance on statewide large-scale assessments.…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Formative Evaluation
Stanfa, Kathleen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In this study, a dynamic assessment was used to measure the morphological analysis skills of participating sixth graders. The primary aim of this research was to examine the utility of this dynamic assessment and specifically to identify whether this measure can differentiate among students based on reading proficiency. Twenty-seven…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Predictive Validity, Problem Solving