ERIC Number: EJ1311597
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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Modeling Within-Year Growth on the Mathematics Measure of Academic Progress
Psychology in the Schools, v58 n11 p2255-2268 Nov 2021
Prior research on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), a computer-adaptive test distributed by the Northwest Evaluation Association, has primarily focused on the Reading MAP for screening/benchmarking in elementary grades. The purpose of this study was to explore the functional form of growth and the extent to which student variability in growth was captured by the Mathematics MAP across a single school year using linear mixed-effects regression. Participants were 1608 middle school students from a school district in the Upper Midwest. Results supported a statistically significant nonlinear growth term for sixth grade and statistically significant, but small, monthly linear growth terms for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. The Math MAP moderately captured individual variability across grades. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Growth Models, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Measures of Academic Progress
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