ERIC Number: EJ1069876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
Pages: 7
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The Reliability of Randomly Generated Math Curriculum-Based Measurements
Strait, Gerald G.; Smith, Bradley H.; Pender, Carolyn; Malone, Patrick S.; Roberts, Jarod; Hall, John D.
Assessment for Effective Intervention, v40 n4 p247-253 Sep 2015
"Curriculum-Based Measurement" (CBM) is a direct method of academic assessment used to screen and evaluate students' skills and monitor their responses to academic instruction and intervention. Interventioncentral.org offers a math worksheet generator at no cost that creates randomly generated "math curriculum-based measures" (M-CBMs). In this study, we examined the test-retest reliability and alternate-form reliability of four parallel, randomly generated M-CBMs designed to assess multiple arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). The participants (N = 283 sixth-grade students) completed each M-CBM worksheet twice during a semester. According to our results, these M-CBMs have moderate test-retest and alternate-form reliability. Applying the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula revealed that aggregating M-CBMs increases the reliability of these measures to acceptable levels for progress monitoring (i.e., above .80).
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Based Assessment, Test Reliability, Arithmetic, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Grade 6, Worksheets, Progress Monitoring, Achievement Tests, Screening Tests, Program Validation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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