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Miriam Romero; James F. Juola; Cristina Casadevante; José Manuel Hernández – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The Mastery Performance-Goal Orientation Test (MP-GOT) assesses performance- and mastery-orientation along a single bipolar dimension. In Study 1 (n = 198) we explored its psychometric properties and determined whether its results were related to learning. In addition, we employed Latent Profile Analysis to explore goal orientation profiles. In…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Goal Orientation, Cooperative Learning, Psychometrics
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Nelson, Peter M.; Parker, David C.; Van Norman, Ethan R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
In the present study, we evaluated the number of attempts required to master specific subskills for working with whole and rational numbers among students at risk for math difficulties. Participants included a subset of students in grades four through eight receiving supplemental math support. Mastery--defined as 85% correct on short tests--was…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Education, At Risk Students
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Hintze, John M.; Christ, Theodore J.; Methe, Scott A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Curriculum-based assessment (CBA) measures have become a frequently used assessment tool of school psychologists to assess the academic performance functioning of students in the basic skill areas of reading, mathematics, spelling, and written expression. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the different approaches to CBA,…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Curriculum Based Assessment, Basic Skills, Observation
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Webster, Raymond E.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Examined concurrent validity of Wide-Range Achievement Test-Revised and Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement with teacher estimates of classroom performance in reading and mathematics, comparing test performance of average third and fourth graders (N=134). Results suggest that adequate assessment of achievement requires selective use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Concurrent Validity, Elementary Education