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Critique of the National Evaluation of Response to Intervention: A Case for Simpler Frameworks
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 2017
In 2010, the Institute of Education Sciences commissioned a much-needed national evaluation of response to intervention (RTI). The evaluators defined their task very narrowly, asking "Does the use of universal screening, including a cut-point for designating students for more intensive Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, increase children's…
Descriptors: Criticism, Response to Intervention, National Programs, Program Effectiveness
Too Much, Too Soon? Unanswered Questions from National Response to Intervention Evaluation
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Gersten, Russell; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Dimino, Joseph – Exceptional Children, 2017
The report of the national response to intervention (RTI) evaluation study, conducted during 2011-2012, was released in November 2015. Anyone who has read the lengthy report can attest to its complexity and the design used in the study. Both these factors can influence the interpretation of the results from this evaluation. In this commentary, we…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, National Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
An Evaluation of the 4-H "Health Rocks" Program: Implications for Program Improvement
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Self, Carlton; Morgan, A. Christian; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Navarro, Maria – Journal of Drug Education, 2013
The National 4-H Council developed the Health Rocks substance abuse educational program to prevent youth from engaging in risky behaviors. The program was presented in 2010 to more than 8,000 middle school youth in Georgia. A post-then-pre evaluation was conducted with youth who completed 10 hours of instruction to determine if changes in youth…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Drug Education
State Standards: Authenticity vs. Diversity.
Davidson, Marcia R.; Howell, Kenneth W. – Diagnostique, 1997
Reviews problems with the current movement to use national standards and performance assessment to reform education and the impact of the standards on students with disabilities. The characteristics of standards, as they are currently being employed, are discussed, along with issues related to measurement, reliability, and validity. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Accuracy in the Scoring of Writing: Studies of Reliability and Validity Using a New Zealand Writing Assessment System
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Brown, Gavin T. L.; Glasswell, Kath; Harland, Don – Assessing Writing, 2004
Accuracy in the scoring of writing is critical if standardized tasks are to be used in a national assessment scheme. Three approaches to establishing accuracy (i.e., consensus, consistency, and measurement) exist and commonly large-scale assessment programs of primary school writing demonstrate adjacent agreement consensus rates of between 80% and…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
Comparing AP and College Student Learning of Economics.
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Melican, Claire; And Others – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Compares the performance on the economics Advanced Placement (AP) examination between college students who had completed an introductory course in economics and high school students taking the AP examination for the first time. Discusses possible reasons that the high school students did better than their college counterparts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Advanced Placement Programs, College Bound Students