The Role of Equity in the Assessment of English Learners
This Language Magazine article discusses testing English Language Learners in their native/home language
Topics: Equity, Academic content, Accessibility, English Language Learners
Computer-based testing offers glimpse into ‘rapid guessing’ habits
When students speed through a computer-based test, their responses are far less likely to be accurate than if they took longer to find the solution, according to new research.
Education Dive
Mentions: Steven Wise
Topics: Equity, School & test engagement
Can test metadata help schools measure social-emotional learning?
Social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies like self-efficacy and conscientiousness can be predictive of long-term academic achievement. But they can also be difficult to measure. In a new study led by NWEA’s James Soland, researchers investigated whether assessment metadata – the way students approach tests and surveys – can provide useful SEL data to schools and educators. Soland joins CPRE research specialist Tesla DuBois to discuss his findings, their implications, and the promise and limitations of student metadata in general.
Consortium for Policy Research in Education Knowledge Hub podcast
Mentions: James Soland
Topics: School & test engagement, Innovations in reporting & assessment, Social-emotional learning
Relationships between poverty and school performance
An NWEA webinar by Dr. Andy Hegedus on the relationships between poverty and school performance
By: Andrew Hegedus
Topics: Equity, High-growth schools & practices
Achievement and growth norms for course-specific MAP Growth Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 tests
This report describes the norming procedures used to produce the user norms for the course-specific MAP Growth Mathematics tests in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2.
By: Yeow Meng Thum, Wei He
Products: MAP Growth
Topics: Measurement & scaling
Rethinking school performance with Dr. Andrew Hegedus
In this interview, Andy Hegedus shares the origins of his study exploring the relationship between poverty and school performance, implications for educators, and where his research is headed next.
By: Andrew Hegedus
Topics: Equity, High-growth schools & practices
How Teachers and Families Can Help Students Build Reading Fluency Over the Summer
In this Education Post article, Cindy Jiban discusses research showing that kids in the primary grades typically return from summer break with slower and less accurate oral reading. But this doesn’t have to be the case: we can set kids up for growth in fluency instead.
Topics: Seasonal learning patterns & summer loss, Academic content, Reading & language arts