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Martin, Alisha – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The overarching purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which differences existed in Grade 4 STAAR Writing performance by student economic status, gender, and language status. In the first article, the purpose was to investigate the extent to which student economic status (i.e., Not Poor, Moderately Poor,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences
Michael Matta; Sterett H. Mercer; Milena A. Keller-Margulis – Grantee Submission, 2022
Written expression curriculum-based measurement (WE-CBM) is a formative assessment approach for screening and progress monitoring. To extend evaluation of WE-CBM, we compared hand-calculated and automated scoring approaches in relation to the number of screening samples needed per student for valid scores, the long-term predictive validity and…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Predictive Validity, Formative Evaluation
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Michael Matta; Sterett H. Mercer; Milena A. Keller-Margulis – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2022
Written expression curriculum-based measurement (WE-CBM) is a formative assessment approach for screening and progress monitoring. To extend evaluation of WE-CBM, we compared hand-calculated and automated scoring approaches in relation to the number of screening samples needed per student for valid scores, the long-term predictive validity and…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Predictive Validity, Formative Evaluation
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Taylor, Laura A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
Humanizing pedagogies present a promising framework for contesting dehumanizing practices all too common in U.S. urban schools. To co-construct such pedagogies, however, teachers and students must negotiate between the humanizing and dehumanizing discourses that circulate within their school context. Drawing from data collected from a qualitative…
Descriptors: Humanization, Discourse Analysis, Urban Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Stojakovic, Zoran; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2015
These maps are representing State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) passing rates for each AISD campus, for grades 3 through 12 in school year 2012-2013.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, School Districts, Test Results, Scores
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Soltero-Gonzalez, Lucinda; Escamilla, Kathy; Hopewell, Susan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
This study explored the application of a holistic bilingual view to assess the writing of emerging bilingual children. The study is part of a 5-year longitudinal research and intervention project that explores the biliteracy development of Spanish-English emerging bilingual students who are receiving instruction in both languages. Participants…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Writing Ability
Hernandez, Rosalinda; Menchaca, Velma; Huerta, Jeffery – Online Submission, 2011
This study examined whether relationships exist between Hispanic fourth-grade students' anxiety and test performance on a state-mandated writing assessment. Quantitative methodologies were employed by using test performance and survey data from 291 participants. While no significantly direct relationship exists between students' levels of anxiety…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Correlation, Test Anxiety