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LeRoux, Mindy; Zvoch, Keith; Biancarosa, Gina – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between scores on two common curriculum-based measures (CBMs), oral reading fluency (ORF) and maze, and scores on the previous statewide assessment of reading in Oregon (Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Reading/Literature [OAKS-R]). Data obtained from three cohorts of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Grade Prediction, Grade 8, Standardized Tests
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Fritz, Ronda; Harn, Beth; Biancarosa, Gina; Lucero, Audrey; Flannery, K. Brigid – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2019
This study investigated the use of brief observations to measure implementation of small group interventions using the Quality of Intervention Delivery and Receipt (QIDR) tool. Videos of 10-min segments representing the beginning, middle, and end of each 30-min intervention lesson were coded for implementation. Results indicated that (a)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Implementation, Efficiency, Observation
Davison, Mark L.; Biancarosa, Gina; Carlson, Sarah E.; Seipel, Ben; Liu, Bowen – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2018
The computer-administered Multiple-Choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment (MOCCA) for Grades 3 to 5 has an innovative, 40-item multiple-choice structure in which each distractor corresponds to a comprehension process upon which poor comprehenders have been shown to rely. This structure requires revised thinking about measurement issues…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Pilot Projects, Measurement
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Petscher, Yaacov; Cummings, Kelli Dawn; Biancarosa, Gina; Fien, Hank – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2013
The purpose of this article is to provide a commentary on the current state of several measurement issues pertaining to curriculum-based measures of reading (R-CBM). We begin by providing an overview of the utility of R-CBM, followed by a presentation of five specific measurements considerations: (a) the reliability of R-CBM oral reading fluency…
Descriptors: Measurement, Reading Fluency, Curriculum Based Assessment, Error of Measurement
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Stoolmiller, Michael; Biancarosa, Gina; Fien, Hank – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2013
Lack of psychometric equivalence of oral reading fluency (ORF) passages used within a grade for screening and progress monitoring has recently become an issue with calls for the use of equating methods to ensure equivalence. To investigate the nature of the nonequivalence and to guide the choice of equating method to correct for nonequivalence,…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Reading Fluency, Emergent Literacy, Psychometrics