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Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1985
Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) combines the advantages of informal assessment and commercial standardized tests. Reliability and validity research on CBM is cited along with its benefits in special education (improved communication, increased sensitivity, improved database, and peer referencing). (CL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Deno, Stanley L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2003
This article provides a brief history of curriculum-based measurement (CBM), clarifies its relationship to curriculum-based assessment, summarizes the primary features of CBM, and gives a rationale for its design. Extensions of CBM to new research domains are identified, and a perspective is provided in the place of CBM in the broader context of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1994
This literature review discusses the match between tests and curricula, measurement validity and instructional utility when sampling student performance in general and advantages/disadvantages of sampling performance in the curriculum. It concludes that sampling from the curriculum is not essential and outlines three critical features ensuring the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Marston, Douglas; Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1990
This article responds to a criticism (EC 231 964) of a paper that discusses graphs for measuring progress on individual education plans (EC 210 837). It notes that the type of chart used is not a major issue; the important point is that teachers repeatedly gather data on educationally relevant tasks and evaluate intervention effectiveness. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Graphs

Deno, Stanley L.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1987
Procedures for developing curriculum-based measurement (CBM) systems are presented as an approach to special education problem solving. CBM procedures are discussed within the context of a decision-making matrix, focusing on "what" and "how" to measure and how to use data. An example applies the method to reading-aloud…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities