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Using Systematic Screening Procedures to Identify Students Who Are Nonresponsive to Primary Prevention Efforts: Integrating Academic and Behavioral Measures
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Kalberg, Jemma Robertson; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Menzies, Holly Mariah – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
Many school systems are adopting three-tiered models of prevention (e.g., Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior Support) to support an increasingly diverse student population (Sugai, Horner, & Gresham, 2002). A central feature of these models is that data are monitored to determine responsiveness. We offer this paper as a guide for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Prevention, Behavior Disorders, Screening Tests
General Education Teacher Judgments of Their Low-Performing Students' Short-Term Reading Progress
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Graney, Suzanne Bamonto – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
This study investigated the accuracy of classroom teachers' judgments of the reading progress of their low-performing students. Participants were 36 second grade teachers and students in their lowest reading groups (n = 150). Student progress was monitored weekly using reading-curriculum-based measurement (R-CBM) procedures. After 6 weeks,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Teachers
Curriculum-Based Measurement in Mathematics: An Evidence-Based Formative Assessment Procedure
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Lembke, Erica S.; Stecker, Pamela M. – Center on Instruction, 2007
One of the best methods of formative assessment in academic areas and a method that exemplifies the characteristics of good measures is Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM; Deno, 1985). Developed at the University of Minnesota in the early 1970's, CBM has been researched in academic areas including mathematics computation, concepts, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Educational Research
Videotape as an Assessment Tool.
Carlin, Joi – Teaching Music, 1996
Asserts that the traditional methods of assessment often fail to address the wide range of group and individual skills and processes of listening, performing, and creating that are involved in learning music. Identifies the various ways that videotaping can augment traditional performance assessment. Includes a checklist of things to do before you…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
An Assessment Guide for Adult Basic Education Programs in Victoria. Incorporating the Certificates of General Education for Adults.
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Lyons, Sara – 1994
This guide, which is intended for adult basic education (ABE) practitioners in Victoria, Australia, details policies and procedures regarding the conduct of placement assessments of students entering or enrolled in ABE programs. The guide's aims are summarized in the introduction. Discussed in part 1 are the following topics: the content/purposes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment
Using Data: Innovative Ways To Improve Results for Students with Disabilities.
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Research Connections in Special Education, 2003
This issue presents two articles on the use of data to improve results for students with disabilities. The first paper examines how researchers supported by the Office of Special Education Programs are discovering innovative uses of scientifically derived information in instructional and administrative decision making as well as strategies for…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Curriculum Based Assessment, Data Collection