How Large Are the Cumulative Effects of Interim Assessments on Student Achievement?

• In Event: 68.062 - Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: 68.062-5 - Applied Research in School: Teaching and Learning

Abstract

We examine the two- and three-year cumulative impact of an interim assessment program (Acuity) used in grades 3-8 on mathematics and reading achievement. We use follow-up data from a large-scale school-level randomized experiment conducted in 2009-2010 in public K-8 schools in Indiana. Two-level models were used to capture the potential nesting of students within schools. The two-year effects were significant and ranged between one-third and one-half standard deviations in mathematics, while in reading the effects were on average nearly one-fifth of a standard deviation. The three-year effects were significant and ranged between one-third and nearly 0.90 standard deviations in mathematics, while in reading the effect was on average greater than one-fifth of a standard deviation.

Authors

• Spyros Konstantopoulos, Michigan State University

• Wei Li, University of Alabama

• Shazia R. Miller, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Arie J. van der Ploeg, Retired