Curriculum-Based Measures of Writing for High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Diercks-Gransee, Barbara; Weissenburger, Jacalyn Wright; Johnson, Cindy L.; Christensen, Paul
Titel	Curriculum-Based Measures of Writing for High School Students
Quelle	In: Remedial and Special Education, 30 (2009) 6, S.360-371 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-9325
DOI	10.1177/0741932508324398
Schlagwörter	Punctuation; Test Validity; High School Students; Public Schools; Special Education; Form Classes (Languages); Word Recognition; Prediction; Curriculum; Writing Evaluation; Rural Schools; Evaluation Methods; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpunktion; Testvalidität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Analytischer Sprachbau; Worterkennung; Vorhersage; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine whether technically adequate curriculum-based measures of writing could be identified for use with high school students. The participants included 10th-grade general and special education students from two public school districts in Wisconsin. Students (n = 82) completed two narrative writing samples in response to story starters, and samples were scored for four alternative curriculum-based measures: incorrect word sequences (ICWS), correct punctuation marks (CPM), adverbs (ADV), and adjectives (ADJ). Results revealed moderately strong alternate-form reliability and criterion-related validity coefficients for ICWS. Although CPM was found to be reliable, the criterion-related validity evidence varied according to the type of criterion measure. Other findings indicated that ICWS and CPM cut scores may have utility for specific screening purposes. The curriculum-based measures of ADJ and ADV, however, were not found to have the technical adequacy needed for predictive purposes. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10