Progress Monitoring with Objective Measures of Writing Performance for Students with Mild Disabilities
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To adequately monitor progress in writing, a test must show stability and demonstrate a performance profile over time that parallels those of accepted criterion measures. This study investigated the technical adequacy of seven objective indexes of writing quality in monitoring the progress of 36 middle school (Grades 6–8) students with mild disabilities over a 6-month period. The stability of each index was assessed. Holistic ratings of the same writing samples and the Test of Written Language served as validation criteria. Three indexes were moderately correlated with holistic ratings, but were not sufficiently stable over time. Direct, objective writing assessment must he used with caution for progress monitoring, given our present lack of precision in measuring the complex task of writing.
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- Authors
- Parker, R. I., Tindal, G., & Hasbrouck, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- ORCID
- Tindal, Gerald
- Venue
- Exceptional Children
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1991-09
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 61-73
- ISSN
- 0014-4029 (ISSN-L)
- 2163-5560
- OpenAlex
- W1788870187
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 9.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Exceptional Children (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (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
- progress monitoring, writing assessment, mildly handicapped students, test-retest stability, holistic rating, junior high school students
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Learning Disabilities, Male, Writing
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