Poster #27 - Aligning Screening Measures With Large-Scale Tests

• In Event: 18.060 - MTCC Poster Session Two
  In Poster Session: 18.060-4 - Assessment in Schools: Poster Session 1

Abstract

Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs) are brief and easy to administer tests of discrete skills and are typically used for screening decisions or monitoring the progress of student learning. This study examines the predictive validity of using CBMs as indicators of end of year performance on a large-scale standardized test of reading. 6447 students in grades three through eight were each given three CBMs; reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Performance on the end of year standardized reading test was then regressed onto the three CBMs. Results indicate that the CBMs were moderately predictive of the large-scale reading test. This study responds to a call from the field for more evidence concerning the predictive nature of CBMs of reading in large-scale assessment.

Author

• Luke S. Duesbery, San Diego State University