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Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
This study of high- and low-achieving first graders assessed the effect of two mastery learning treatments on reading performance. Results are presented, and implications are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Grade 1, High Achievement
Bentz, Johnell L.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Diagnostique, 1993
Information on students' math skill mastery based on curriculum-based measurement was provided to nine special and general education elementary teachers. Teachers were asked to identify the specific math skills their students had mastered. Results indicated that most teachers were not accurate at judging math skill mastery despite having specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mastery Learning
Download full textFuchs, Lynn S. – 1995
This digest summarizes principles of performance assessment, which connects classroom assessment to learning. Specific ways that assessment can enhance instruction are outlined, as are criteria that assessments should meet in order to inform instructional decisions. Performance assessment is compared to behavioral assessment, mastery learning, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1989
Thirty special education teachers were assigned to a dynamic-goal or static-goal curriculum-based measurement group, or a control group. Results with their 60 mildly/moderately handicapped students showed that dynamic goal teachers increased goals more frequently and employed more ambitious goals, and their students had better content mastery than…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
Surveys of 147 special education teachers and observations of 20 practicing teachers and 20 cooperating teachers were used to (1) determine which evaluation procedures are used most often by special education teachers in their evaluation of student progress, and (2) assess the adequacy of those procedures. Survey respondents indicated that they…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1991
Two approaches to measurement for instructional decision making (specific subskill mastery measurement and general outcome measurement) are described and illustrated with case studies. The paper concludes that measuring general outcome indicators can bridge traditional and contemporary assessment paradigms to form an innovative approach to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to assess the effect of contrasting mastery learning procedures on the reading achievement of high and low ability students. Subjects were 48 high and 40 low ability first grade students randomly assigned to either a typical commercial basal reading series mastery treatment or an alternative mastery learning treatment that…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1
