Analysis of data on this algebra course, gathered by the Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) system, indicated that equivalent scores were yielded by either random or chronological arrangement of the test items on the monitor forms. Chronological arrangement may be permissible, therefore, for normal data processing; random arrangement…

Similar results were obtained here to those reported in TM 000 052: Random and chronological item arrangements yielded equivalent scores; the cognitive tests were again limited predictors of posttest achievement; and there was no consistent pattern as to the learning curve providing the test fit for all students, even though these monitors…