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Sarah S. Rowe; Sara E. Witmer; Ornela Shkreli – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
Curriculum-based measurement in reading (CBM-R) is a commonly used tool for universal screening and progress monitoring in K-12 education and is one that can add value to decision-making. However, the social validity of this measure among teachers is often questioned. Reasons some teachers have traditionally opposed the use of CBM-R have included…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Tests, Teacher Attitudes
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Juan Mendelsohn Ontong; Mareli Rossouw – Cogent Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of providing extra time as an accommodation to students with learning disabilities (LD) in higher education institutions. The results, which are based in the setting of a South African accountancy programme, provides a unique context where time, in time-constrained assessments, are often…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Business Administration Education
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Chet Robie; Sabah Rasheed; Stephen D. Risavy; Piers Steel – International Journal of Testing, 2024
This meta-analysis examined the validity of an alternative to traditional assessments called the Wonderlic which is a brief measure of general mental ability. Our results showed significant, positive correlations between Wonderlic scores and academic performance in general ([r-bar] = 0.26), between Wonderlic scores and undergraduate GPA in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Test Validity, Alternative Assessment, Scores
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Rebecca F. Berenbon; Jerome V. D'Agostino; Emily M. Rodgers – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Curriculum-based measures (CBMs) such as Word Identification Fluency promote student achievement, but because they are timed and administered frequently, they are prone to variation in student response styles. To study the impact of WIF response styles, we created and examined the validity of a novel response style measure and examined the degree…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Special Education Teachers