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Direct linkLiebfreund, Meghan D.; Porter, Stephen R.; Amendum, Steven J.; Starcke, Matt A. – Elementary School Journal, 2022
The present study employed a difference-in-difference approach to determine the impact of a technologically enhanced diagnostic and formative assessment system implemented in one US state in kindergarten through third grade on school-level end-of-year third-grade reading test scores and percentage of students receiving special education services.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Tests, Scores
Dana Bartlett – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Third grade reading teachers at the local setting are not consistently using formative benchmark data to improve student reading performance, creating a gap in practice. This gap in practice may be due to teachers' lack of capacity to use the data to make changes to their instructional practices. The purpose of this qualitative study was to…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Data Use, Reading Achievement, Grade 3
Download full textRegion 10 Comprehensive Center, 2021
This series of rapid briefs is being developed by the Wisconsin-Minnesota Comprehensive Center - Region 10 (WMCC10). The purpose of these briefs is to provide succinct and timely guidance on best practices for schools and school-based early learning programs regarding the assessment of student learning, with the goal of informing instructional…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Best Practices, Student Evaluation
Holcomb, T. Scott; Li, Zhi; Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2020
This study gathered information from practitioners on their perspectives of experiences implementing the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment (NC KEA). Initially, practitioners were invited to complete an online survey asking them to rate or provide information about several aspects related to implementing the assessment process. In total,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Implementation, Primary Education, Formative Evaluation
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2016
The North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment Process: Kindergarten Entry Assessment (NC K-3 FAP: KEA) is the initial step in the development of a comprehensive formative assessment process for young children from kindergarten entry through the end of third grade. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather teacher and administrator feedback…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Implementation, Primary Education, Formative Evaluation
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2015
Based on the recommendations of the K-3 Assessment Think Tank, an assessment design team consisting of current and former educators and early childhood education scholars developed a kindergarten entry formative assessment (KEA) which was piloted in 193 classrooms during the first 60 instructional days of the 2014-2015 academic year. North…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Formative Evaluation, Pilot Projects
