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Espin, Christine; Wallace, Teri; Lembke, Erica; Campbell, Heather; Long, Jeffrey D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
In this study, we examined the reliability and validity of curriculum-based measures (CBM) in reading for indexing the performance of secondary-school students. Participants were 236 eighth-grade students (134 females and 102 males) in the classrooms of 17 English teachers. Students completed 1-, 2-, and 3-minute reading aloud and 2-, 3-, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, State Standards, Reading Tests, Validity
Bracey, Gerald W. – Principal Leadership, 2008
One can not help but notice that the education community's professional fear-mongers focus heavily on PISA (Program of International Student Assessment) and rarely mention TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) or PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Study) in their discussion of the state of education in the United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Politics of Education