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Hodge, Marie Antoinette; Chan, Esther; Sutherland, Rebecca; Ong, Natalie; Bale, Gillian; Cramsie, Jane; Drevensek, Suzi; Silove, Natalie – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
Tele-assessments may enable specialist evaluation of students in schools and their progress following intervention. The aim of this project was to evaluate the feasibility of using videoconferencing technology to assess students with reading difficulties in the school setting and obtain the perspectives of teachers supporting the students during…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Videoconferencing, Student Evaluation
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Ben Seipel; Sarah E. Carlson; Virginia Clinton-Lisell; Mark L. Davison; Patrick C. Kennedy – Grantee Submission, 2022
Originally designed for students in Grades 3 through 5, MOCCA (formerly the Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment), identifies students who struggle with comprehension, and helps uncover why they struggle. There are many reasons why students might not comprehend what they read. They may struggle with decoding, or reading words…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Reading Tests
Randel, Bruce; Swain, Matthew; Norman Dvorak, Rebecca; Spratto, Elisabeth; Prendez, Jordan Yee – Online Submission, 2020
Curriculum Associates' "i-Ready® Personalized Instruction" ("i-Ready") is a supplemental, online personalized instruction program available for reading and mathematics. Prior research has indicated "i-Ready" has a positive impact on K-8 student achievement for students overall (e.g., Swain, Randel, & Norman…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties, Grade 2
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Yang, Yanfeng; Qian, David D. – Language Testing in Asia, 2017
Background: Predicated on Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD), dynamic assessment (DA) integrates teaching with assessment in a single activity by providing mediation to help learners perform beyond their independent functioning and simultaneously promote learner development. It advantages over traditional psychometric tests in that DA…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Alternative Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Protopapas, Athanassios; Skaloumbakas, Christos – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
In this study, we examined the characteristics of reading disability (RD) in the seventh grade of the Greek educational system and the corresponding diagnostic practice. We presented a clinically administered assessment battery, composed of typically employed tasks, and a fully automated, computer-based assessment battery that evaluates some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Grade 7, Reading Difficulties
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Balajthy, Ernest – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
The article examines decision-making expert systems and discusses their implications for diagnosis and prescription of reading difficulties. A detailed description of how a reading diagnostic expert system might operate to aid classroom teachers is followed by a discussion of advantages and limitations of expert systems for educational use.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Decision Making, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends