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Yue Huang; Joshua Wilson; Henry May – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2025
Automated writing evaluation (AWE) is an artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered educational technology designed to assist writing instruction and improve students' writing proficiency. The present study adopted a quasi-experimental design using the inverse probability of treatment weighting method to explore the long-term effects of an AWE system…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Automation, Computer Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence
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Evans, Carla M. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2023
Large-scale performance assessment programs are a longstanding reform tool. However, standard setting can be a challenge for assessment programs that use primarily non-standardized assessments. The purpose of this paper is to extend this field of research by explaining the standard setting methodology applied to one more recent instantiation of a…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Accountability, Performance Based Assessment, State Programs
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Trent, Allen; Moran, Peter – Education 3-13, 2018
This article is about a year-long teaching and research project conducted with 696 4th graders (mostly 10-year olds) and their 36 teachers in Wyoming/USA. The researchers employed an action research approach. They planned and taught a two-day, Wyoming-themed, interdisciplinary unit, "We Are Wyoming", which integrated Social Studies,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Ghent, Cynthia; Trauth-Nare, Amy; Dell, Katie; Haines, Sarah – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
This study investigates the influence of Green School designation on students' achievement in state-mandated standardized tests. Data were gathered 3 years pre- and post-Green schools designation, from test pass rates in reading and mathematics for Grade 5 and Grade 8 students, and from mathematics, English language arts, and biology scores for…
Descriptors: State Programs, Standardized Tests, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Lawrence, Salika A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2007
Literacy assessments are transforming the contexts of secondary instruction. This article reports how literacy assessments are shaping the instructional choices of nine English Language Arts teachers who work in three different states in northeastern United States--New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Through interviews, the teachers reported…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Test Preparation, State Programs, Literacy
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Sanders, William L.; Horn, Sandra P. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1994
The Tennessee value-added assessment system (TVAAS) is described. TVAAS is a statistical process measuring the influence which school systems, schools, and teachers have on indicators of student learning. Initially, TVAAS will furnish information at the system level for grades three through eight in math, science, reading, language, and social…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Language Arts
Reed, Sally; Sautter, R. Craig – Electronic Learning, 1986
Reviews statistics on school purchase and use of video equipment and products, factors motivating renewed school interest, and school programs with new video applications. Recommended videos for science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, and teacher training are listed. Renewed interest in instructional television sparked by wider video…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
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Berenson, Sarah; And Others – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1991
The results of a survey conducted on the background, education, attitudes, and practices of North Carolina's elementary teachers to develop a statewide inservice program are presented. Elementary teachers' perceptions of teaching language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science; use of instructional materials; and experiences and needs for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Arts, Mathematics
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Miller, Samuel D.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1997
Examines officials' efforts to improve third-grade students' reading and language arts performances with newly developed curriculum guides and assessment. Interviews officials who developed guidelines/assessments on why they developed this material; how they informed teachers and administrators of their reform goals; and how practitioner should…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Research