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Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1993
An ongoing research program is examining use of technology to surmount difficulties in incorporating curriculum-based measurement in instructional programs for students with disabilities. The use of computers to assume the mechanical aspects of measurement and to help teachers translate assessment information into feasible instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Diagnostic Teaching
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Rafdal, Brooke H.; McMaster, Kristen L.; McConnell, Scott R.; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study determined the effectiveness of Kindergarten Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS) for students with disabilities. The researchers randomly assigned 89 kindergartners with individualized education programs (IEPs) from 47 classrooms to control (n = 9); K-PALS Level 1 (teachers received 1-day workshop; n = 19); or K-PALS Level 2…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Oral Reading, Beginning Reading, Learning Strategies
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
Surveys of 147 special education teachers and observations of 20 practicing teachers and 20 cooperating teachers were used to (1) determine which evaluation procedures are used most often by special education teachers in their evaluation of student progress, and (2) assess the adequacy of those procedures. Survey respondents indicated that they…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
In special education, a merger between assessment and instruction is mandated by Federal law (PL 94-142), wherein teachers of handicapped pupils are required to specify individualized educational programs that include procedures for assessing students' progress toward goal attainment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – 1985
This meta-analysis explored how measuring student progress toward long vs. short-term goals affects achievement outcomes. Twenty-one controlled studies were coded in terms of measuring method (toward long- vs. short-term goals) and type of achievement outcome (probe-like vs. global achievement test). Analogues to analysis of variance conducted on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disabilities, Effect Size
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
The purpose of this study was to explore whether, and if so how, ongoing measurement and evaluation procedures affect the instruction that special educators provide and the educational decisions that they make. Eighteen experimental group teachers employed specific continuous evaluation procedures while 21 contrast group teachers employed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum, Disabilities