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Gane, Brian D.; Israel, Maya; Elagha, Noor; Yan, Wei; Luo, Feiya; Pellegrino, James W. – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background & Context: We describe the rationale, design, and initial validation of computational thinking (CT) assessments to pair with curricular lessons that integrate fractions and CT. Objective: We used cognitive models of CT (learning trajectories; LTs) to design assessments and obtained evidence to support a validity argument. Method: We…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Sibley, Benjamin – Physical Educator, 2020
In the process of educating physically literate individuals, physical educators are tasked with assessing health-related fitness of their students. It is essential to identify or develop appropriate field tests of muscular power for use in physical education settings. This study assessed jumping power in a sample of fourth, sixth, and eighth…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8
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Shih, Shu-Chuan; Kuo, Bor-Chen; Lee, Shu-Juan – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study established an online game-based assessment to explore third and fourth graders' performance of computational estimation in addition and subtraction. Students' computational estimation strategies could be automatically recorded and classified in this assessment, and the Higher-Order DINA model was used as a measurement model in order to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Computation
Falk, Carl F.; Cai, Li – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2015
We present a logistic function of a monotonic polynomial with a lower asymptote, allowing additional flexibility beyond the three-parameter logistic model. We develop a maximum marginal likelihood based approach to estimate the item parameters. The new item response model is demonstrated on math assessment data from a state, and a computationally…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Item Response Theory, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests
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Brennan, Martha K.; Rule, Ann M.; Walmsley, Angela L. E.; Swanson, Joy R. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2010
This preliminary study described fourth grade students verbally solving a mathematics problem using a think-aloud protocol. Comments in the think aloud were categorized according to type (e.g., paraphrases and elaborations) and facilitative nature (i.e., whether the comments facilitated correct solution of the problem). Amount of the students'…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Problem Solving, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
Now entering into its 20th year of data collection, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades. TIMSS 2015 is the most recent in the TIMSS series, which began with the first assessments in 1995 and has continued every four years--1999,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Grade 4
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Henry, Gary T.; Smith, Adrienne A.; Kershaw, David C.; Zulli, Rebecca A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Performance-based accountability along with budget tightening has increased pressure on publicly funded organizations to develop and deliver programs that produce meaningful social benefits. As a result, there is increasing need to undertake formative evaluations that estimate preliminary program outcomes and identify promising program components…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
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Camilli, Gregory; Prowker, Adam; Dossey, John A.; Lindquist, Mary M.; Chiu, Ting-Wei; Vargas, Sadako; de la Torre, Jimmy – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2008
A new method for analyzing differential item functioning is proposed to investigate the relative strengths and weaknesses of multiple groups of examinees. Accordingly, the notion of a conditional measure of difference between two groups (Reference and Focal) is generalized to a conditional variance. The objective of this article is to present and…
Descriptors: Test Bias, National Competency Tests, Grade 4, Difficulty Level
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Braun, Henry; Zhang, Jinming; Vezzu, Sailesh – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
At present, although the percentages of students with disabilities (SDs) and/or students who are English language learners (ELL) excluded from a NAEP administration are reported, no statistical adjustment is made for these excluded students in the calculation of NAEP results. However, the exclusion rates for both SD and ELL students vary…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Computation, Disabilities, English Language Learners
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Ruddock, Graham J.; O'Sullivan, Christine Y.; Preuschoff, Corinna – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2009
Because of the educational importance of mathematics and science, IEA's (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, widely known as TIMSS, is dedicated to providing countries with information to improve teaching and learning in these curriculum areas. Conducted…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement, Grade 8
Burke, Mary A.; Sass, Tim R. – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2008
In this paper we analyze the impact of classroom peers on individual student performance with a unique longitudinal data set covering all Florida public school students in grades 3-10 over a five-year period. Unlike many previous data sets used to study peer effects in education, our data set allow us to identify each member of a given student's…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Peer Groups
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Shapiro, Edward S.; Edwards, Lana; Zigmond, Naomi – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2005
This article describes a statewide project in which weekly progress monitoring of mathematics was implemented with 120 special education students. Curriculum-based measurement probes for computation and concepts/applications skills were administered weekly over seven months. Students were assessed at levels identified as instructional by their…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills, Student Evaluation
Cronin, John – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2004
Recently NWEA completed a project to connect the scale of the WKCE with NWEA's RIT scale. Six Wisconsin school systems participated in the study, using test information from a group of over 1,500 students enrolled in fourth, eighth, and tenth grade who took both the WKCE and NWEA tests in the fall of 2003. Information from these tests was used in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Standardized Tests, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Ruddock, Graham J.; O'Sullivan, Christine Y.; Arora, Alka; Erberber, Ebru – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2005
Developing the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007 Assessment Frameworks represents an extensive collaborative effort involving individuals and expert groups from more than 60 countries around the world. The document contains three frameworks for implementing TIMSS 2007--the Mathematics Framework, the Science…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 4, Geometric Concepts, Science Tests
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Nichols, Sharon L.; Glass, Gene V.; Berliner, David C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2006
This study examined the relationship between high-stakes testing pressure and student achievement across 25 states. Standardized portfolios were created for each study state. Each portfolio contained a range of documents that told the "story" of accountability implementation and impact in that state. Using the "law of comparative…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests