Curriculum-Based Measurement in Writing: Predicting the Success of High-School Students on State Standards Tests
Abstract
We examined the technical adequacy of writing progress measures as indicators of success on state standards tests. Tenth-grade students wrote for 10 min, marking their samples at 3, 5, and 7 min. Samples were scored for words written, words spelled correctly, and correct and correct minus incorrect word sequences. The number of correct minus incorrect word sequences written in 7 and 10 min yielded the highest reliability and validity coefficients. Tables of Probable Success were created to illustrate the relation between scores on the progress measures and the state tests. Exploratory analyses of differences in correlations between English Language Learners (ELL) and non-ELL students revealed a similar pattern of results for the 2 groups, but correlations were stronger for ELL students than for non-ELL students.
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- Authors
- Espin, C., Wallace, T., Campbell, H., Lembke, E. S., Long, J. D., & Ticha, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- St. Olaf College (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Corresponding author
- Espin, Christine
- Venue
- Exceptional Children
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 174-193
- ISSN
- 0014-4029 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-5560
- OpenAlex
- W2112561013
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Exceptional Children (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Writing and Handwriting Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
- Keywords
- curriculum-based measurement, test prediction, high school students, writing fluency, spelling accuracy, word sequences, reliability and validity, English language learners
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