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Phelan, Julia; Kang, Taehoon; Niemi, David N.; Vendlinski, Terry; Choi, Kilchan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
While research suggests that formative assessment can be a powerful tool to support teaching and learning, efforts to jump on the formative assessment bandwagon have been more widespread than those to assure the technical quality of the assessments. This report covers initial analyses of data bearing on the quality of formative assessments in…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Test Format, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Vendlinski, Terry P.; Hemberg, Bryan; Mundy, Chris; Phelan, Julia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The authors' hypothesis is that if teachers (as experts) understand and teach concepts from the position of expertise teacher quality will improve. They believe that focusing on the key ideas will deepen both teacher and student understanding and allow learners to build the concepts necessary to form solid foundations for the application of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Professional Development
Phelan, Julia; Choi, Kilchan; Vendlinski, Terry; Baker, Eva L.; Herman, Joan L. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2009
This report describes results from field-testing of POWERSOURCE[C] formative assessment alongside professional development and instructional resources. The researchers at the National Center for Research, on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST) employed a randomized, controlled design to address the following question: Does the…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Educational Strategies