An Alternative Assessment for Evaluating Achievement of Students in General and Special Education Elementary Classrooms

• In Event: Poster Session 5
  In Poster Session: Division H Section 3: Assessment in the Schools Poster Session 2

Abstract

The need for accountability measures and for monitoring student progress presents increasingly fewer options for students with and without disabilities to accurately demonstrate their academic ability. This research investigated the use of New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK) and an alternative computerized assessment, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) to examine test scores and the perspectives of parents, teachers, and students grades 3 to 5 by using qualitative and quantitative methods. Findings suggest a relationship between students’ scores on NJASK and MAP in reading and the language arts. The NJASK results were seen as too general and unusable for planning instruction, while the MAP assessment and reports were identified as skill focused, prescriptive, and had strong progress monitoring abilities.

Authors

• Linda Ann Bovino, Joyce Kilmer School

• Chun Zhang, Fordham University

• Su-Je Cho, Fordham University