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Meyer, J. Patrick; Dahlin, Michael – NWEA, 2022
The MAP® Growth™ theory of action describes key features of MAP Growth and its position in a comprehensive assessment system. The basic premise of the theory of action is that all students learn when MAP Growth is situated in a comprehensive assessment system and used for its intended purposes to yield information about student learning and enable…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Student Evaluation
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Dumas, Denis; McNeish, Daniel; Greene, Jeffrey A. – Educational Psychologist, 2020
Scholars have lamented that current methods of assessing student performance do not align with contemporary views of learning as situated within students, contexts, and time. Here, we introduce and describe one theoretical--psychometric paradigm--termed "dynamic measurement"--designed to provide a valid representation of the way students…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Psychometrics, Educational Psychology, Student Evaluation