Evaluating the Impact of a Teacher-Guided Math Formative Assessment Tool During the Pandemic

• In Event: Consideration of Inclusive Educational Program Evaluation and Partnership

Abstract

This paper presents implementation and impact findings from a large-scale experimental study of ASSISTments, a free web-based formative assessment tool for math teachers that produced positive effects on rural students’ math learning in a prior efficacy study (Roschelle et al., 2016).
Because ASSISTments is web-based and can be used in hybrid and fully online classroom settings, teachers were able to continue to use the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the study's findings from a national, diverse sample of schools provide researchers, practitioners, and policymakers with important information on math teaching and learning during this unprecedented period in U.S. education.

Authors

• Kirk Walters, WestEd
  Presenting Author

• Rachel Garrett, American Institutes for Research
  Presenting Author

• Dionisio Garcia-Piriz
  Presenting Author

• Eben Witherspoon, American Institutes for Research
  Presenting Author

• Jennifer Ford
  Non-Presenting Author

• Matthew Hibert
  Non-Presenting Author

• Max Pardo, American Institutes for Research
  Non-Presenting Author

• Melissa Rodgers
  Non-Presenting Author

• Leslie Thornley
  Non-Presenting Author