Estimating Reading Growth Using Intermittent CBM Progress Monitoring
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This study addressed three basic questions involving the amount of measurement needed to obtain valid estimates of reading growth. Participants were 41 students with learning disabilities from Grades 3 to 8, monitored across 10 weeks using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) of words read correctly (WRC). We compared growth slopes based on measurements taken weekly, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, every 4 weeks, and every 9 weeks to an estimate of “true slope.” Results showed that frequency of progress monitoring could be significantly reduced without detracting from the validity of growth estimates. However, validity was negatively affected by minimizing the number of WRC scores collected at each measurement occasion and by employing only one rather than four scores to estimate baseline.
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- Authors
- Jenkins, J. R., Graff, J. J., & Miglioretti, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Group Health Cooperative (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jenkins, Joseph R.
- Venue
- Exceptional Children
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-163
- ISSN
- 0014-4029 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-5560
- OpenAlex
- W1958803984
- Cited by
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- 31
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- FWCI
- 15.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Exceptional Children (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Educational Assessment and Improvement
- Keywords
- reading growth, curriculum-based measurement, learning disabilities, measurement frequency, baseline estimation
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