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50 Years of ERIC
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Classification Accuracy of EasyCBM First-Grade Mathematics Measures: Findings and Implications for the Field
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Clarke, Ben; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Alonzo, Julie; Smith, Jean Louise M.; Tindal, Gerald; Kame'enui, Edward J.; Baker, Scott K. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2011
The results from a year-long study to investigate the technical features of easyCBM mathematics screening measures for first grade are presented. Measures were designed based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum Focal Point standards, which for Grade 1 include (a) Number and Operations and Algebra, (b) Number and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Predictive Validity, Classification, Mathematics Teachers
They Read, but How Well Do They Understand?: An Empirical Look at the Nuances of Measuring Reading Comprehension
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Alonzo, Julie; Basaraba, Deni; Tindal, Gerald; Carriveau, Ronald S. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2009
Much of the literature on reading development focuses on measures of early literacy skills (e.g., phonological awareness, phonics, fluency). Elementary educators interested in improving students' skills in these areas can draw on a wealth of research studies. However, many studies of early literacy skills have not addressed comprehension,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonological Awareness, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation
Using a Concept Maze to Assess Student Understanding of Secondary-Level Content
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Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; McCoy, Jan D.; Twyman, Todd; Tindal, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
Curriculum-based measurement is a system for monitoring students' progress and formatively evaluating instruction backed by 25 years of validation research. Most of this research has been conducted in elementary schools. In middle and high school classrooms, where there is an emphasis on mastering content knowledge, elementary-level measurements…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Academic Achievement, Cloze Procedure, Program Validation
Determining the Exchangeability of Concept Map and Problem-Solving Essay Scores
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Hollenbeck, Keith; Twyman, Todd; Tindal, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
This study investigated the score exchangeability of concept maps with problem-solving essays. Of interest was whether sixth-grade students' concept maps predicted their scores on essay responses that used concept map content. Concept maps were hypothesized to be alternatives to performance assessments for content-area domain knowledge in science.…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Predictive Validity, Problem Solving, Ecology
How Do Critical Thinking Measures Fit within Standards-Based Reform?
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Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; McCoy, Jan D.; Twyman, Todd; Tindal, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2003
Discussion of problems in documenting student performance and progress focuses on middle-secondary subject matter, the state standards that are fundamental to most large-scale assessment systems, and curriculum text structures that limit the type of learning that can be documented. It suggests critical thinking measures as an alternative procedure…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Assessment
Using General Outcome Measures in Mathematics To Measure Adequate Yearly Progress as Mandated by Title I.
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Helwig, Robert; Tindal, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2002
Four alternate versions of a 15-item general outcome measure (GOM) of mathematics conceptual understanding and applications were developed and administered to 117 eighth-graders. Results were correlated with scores on state multiple-choice mathematics achievement tests. Correlations ranged from .81 to .87 with no significant differences, offering…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Learning Disabilities