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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Diagnostique, 1988
Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) is defined and described through a case study of a fourth-grade student. CBM is suggested as a system for monitoring goal appropriateness, adjusting instructional programs, and formulating instructional improvements. Potential contributions of CBM to special education practice are outlined, and areas of needed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Curriculum-Based Measurement: A Standardized Long-Term Goal Approach to Monitoring Student Progress.
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1990
Differences between curriculum-based assessment and curriculum-based measurement (CBM) are outlined, and a rationale for CBM's standardized, long-term goal approach to measurement is presented. CBM can be used to develop instructional programs in four ways, including judging the appropriateness of goals and contrasting the efficacy of different…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Development, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textFuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1987
The paper examined empirical evidence (published through 1986) concerning the effectiveness of the Adaptive Learning Environments Model (ALEM), a multifaceted program designed to integrate handicapped pupils and remedial and compensatory education students in general education. Evaluation of three evaluative studies by the program's originators…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWhinnery, Keith W.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This study, involving 40 students (grades 2-8) with learning disabilities, found that students who participated in curriculum-based measurement test-taking strategy training scored higher on a posttreatment computation test than students without the strategy training. Use of a goal strategy did not result in any achievement differences.…
Descriptors: Computation, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1993
Twenty special educators who taught pupils with mild and moderate disabilities implemented curriculum-based measurement and were periodically assessed for accuracy and given corrective feedback. Analyses indicated that systematic observation and feedback were associated with improvement in accuracy, especially on more difficult aspects of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1992
This study of 63 students (in grades 2-8) with mild to moderate disabilities found that students in classrooms using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) achieved better than controls on reading measures. The study also found that students of teachers who received CBM expert system instructional consultation achieved better than others on written…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Consultation Programs, Elementary Education
