Ability to identify rapid guessing stands to improve interventions
Research at NWEA provides insight into rapid-guessing and what it means for students and educators.
Education Dive
Topics: Equity, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement
Researchers can detect when students aren’t trying on computerized tests
A testing company spots disengaged students who are guessing answers too quickly.
The Hechinger Report
Topics: Equity, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement
This study investigates whether rapid guessing is a stable trait-like behavior or if rapid guessing is determined mostly by situational variables, and whether rapid guessing over the course of several tests is associated with certain psychological and background measures. We find that rapid guessing tends to be more state-like compared to academic achievement scores, which are fairly stable and that repeated rapid guessing is strongly associated with students’ academic self-efficacy and self-management scores.
Topics: Measurement & scaling, School & test engagement, Social-emotional learning
Summer learning loss: How teachers mobilize when kids return to school
NWEA researcher Megan Kuhfeld connected with Sonali Kohli of the LA Times to discuss summer learning loss.
Los Angeles Times
A ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to English-Learner education won’t work. Here’s why
Education Week interviewed Angela Johnson about her research showing the diverse academic and linguistic needs of English-learners, and how schools can better serve the needs of EL students.
Education Week
Topics: Equity, English Language Learners
5 Guiding Principles for Improving Reading Fluency Assessment
This Michigan Association of Superintendents and Principles blog post examines 5 Guiding Principles for Improving Reading Fluency Assessment
Topics: Test design, Academic content, Reading & language arts
Simulation study for evaluating MAP Growth item pools with grade-level constraints
This simulation study examines the measurement precision, item exposure rates, and the depth of the MAP Growth item pools under various grade-level restrictions.
