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Measuring teacher ability to predict student success in solving specific mathematics problems: Procedures and initial findings of accuracy, overprediction, and underprediction
This report describes efforts to measure teachers’ knowledge of their own students’ abilities in mathematics. We refer to the assessment instrument described in this report as the Teacher Ability to Predict Student Success (TAPSS)...
There is a growing literature concerning the role of the home math environment in children's math development. In this study, we examined the relation between these constructs by specifically addressing three goals. The first goal was to...
This lesson study toolkit supports the development of an integrated STEM instructional unit on stormwater management that aligns with Florida’s Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for seventh-grade mathematics, and English language arts, ...
The 2019 Knowledge for Teaching Early Elementary Mathematics (2019 K-TEEM) test measures teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching early elementary mathematics. This report presents information about a large-scale field test of the...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade 1 and 2 Students in Counting, Word Problems, and Computation in Fall 2014
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades 1 and 2 student abilities. The test was administered to 3, 080 participating...
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades K, 1, and 2 student abilities. The test was administered to 4, 535...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade K, 1, 2, and 3 Students Number (Whole numbers and Fractions), Operations, and Algebraic Thinking in Spring 2019
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades K, 1, 2, and 3 student abilities. The test was administered to 2, 556...
To expand educational opportunities for children of families that have limited financial resources and to enable children in this state to achieve a greater level of excellence in their education, the Florida Legislature created the...
This document contains a set of materials we created, selected, or adapted for the purpose of assessing children’s understanding of place value. These materials were sequenced to form a diagnostic assessment for use in a one-on-one, ...
The Early Fractions Test v2.2 is a paper-pencil test designed to measure mathematics achievement of third- and fourth-grade students in the domain of fractions. The purpose, or intended use, of the Early Fractions Test v2.2 is to serve...
Effects of the first year of a three-year CGI teacher professional-development program on grades 3–5 student achievement: A multisite cluster-randomized trial
Mathematics teacher professional-development (PD) programs based on Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) have been developed and implemented with tens of thousands of elementary mathematics teachers worldwide since the 1980s. Starting...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring Grade 3, 4, and 5 Students’ Performace in Number (Whole Numbers and Fractions), Operations, and Algebraic Thinking in Spring 2016
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades 3, 4, and 5 student abilities. The test was administered to 2, 754...
Psychometric report on the Knowledge for Teaching Elementary Fractions test administered to elementary educators in six states in spring 2017 (Research Report No. 2018-13)
This report provides evidence of the substantive and structural validity of the Knowledge for Teaching Elementary Fractions Test. Field-test data were gathered with a sample of 241 elementary educators, including teachers, administrators...
This report provides evidence of the substantive and structural validity of the Knowledge for Teaching Elementary Fractions Test. Field-test data were gathered with a sample of 277 elementary educators, including teachers, administrators...
Mathematics Performance and Cognition (MPAC) Interview: Measuring First- and Second-Grade Student Achievement in Number, Operations, and Equality in Spring 2015
The following report describes an assessment instrument called the Mathematics Performance and Cognition (MPAC) interview. As the name implies, the MPAC interview is administered in an interview setting. The 2015 MPAC interview was...
Scholars have long argued that individuals' beliefs influence their behaviors and the decisions they make throughout their lives. Focusing on beliefs as a cognitive construct, the purpose of this study was to identify several key beliefs...
The Mathematics Anxiety and Attitudes Scale for Students (MAASS) is a concise questionnaire designed to assess students' mathematics anxiety and attitudes. This report provides results from a large-scale field test of the MAASS...
The purpose of this case study was to examine the contribution of the pre-service interventions within the Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Technical Assistance (READ-TA) program, funded by the United States Agency for...
Using a cluster-randomized controlled trial research design, this study investigates the effect of the first year of a three-year teacher professional development program on grades 1 and 2 student achievement in mathematics. Although the...
Florida Legislature created the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program in 2001 to expand educational opportunities for children of families that have limited financial resources and to enable children to achieve a greater level of...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade K, 1, and 2 Students in Counting, Word Problems, and Computation in Fall 2015
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades K, 1, and 2 student abilities. The test was administered to 4, 486...
Mathematics Performance and Cognition (MPAC) Interview: Measuring First- and Second-Grade Student Achievement in Number, Operations, and Equality in Spring 2014
This report provides an overview of the development, implementation, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics interview designed to assess first- and second-grade student achievement and thinking processes. The student...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade 3, 4 and 5 Students in Number (Whole Numbers and Fractions), Operations, and Algebraic Thinking in Fall 2015
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of the fall 2015 grades 3–5 Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment (EMSA), a student mathematics test designed to be...
External Evaluation of the Women’s Leadership Program in Paraguay: Evaluation Report. [174 p.]: Higher Education for Development (HED), American Council on Education (ACE). USAID/DEC, Washington, DC. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00KNGF.pdf
This evaluation report of the Women’s Leadership Program in Paraguay was produced at the request of Higher Education for Development with support from the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Flavia...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade 1 and 2 Students in Counting, Word Problems, and Computation in Fall 2013
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades 1 and 2 student abilities. The test was administered to 2, 373 participating...
To expand educational opportunities for children of families that have limited financial resources and to enable children in this state to achieve a greater level of excellence in their education, the Florida Legislature created the...
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a teacher PD program that has been found to have a potentially positive impact on student learning in mathematics through randomized controlled trials. Through a series of grant-funded projects led...
Formative Assessment Collaborative Team (FACT) meetings provide educators with a structured time each week to engage in peer collaboration focused on students’ mathematical thinking. In these meetings, educators work together to analyze...
Although there is an extensive amount of research that examines the relation between math anxiety and math performance in adolescents and adults, little work has focused on this relation in young children. Recently more attention has...
The Early Fractions Test is a paper-pencil test designed to measure mathematics achievement of third- and fourth-grade students in the domain of fractions. The purpose, or intended use, of the Early Fractions Test is to serve as a...
The 2016 Knowledge for Teaching Early Elementary Mathematics (2016 K-TEEM) test measures teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching early elementary mathematics. The 2016 K-TEEM is the third version of the K-TEEM (Schoen, Bray, Wolfe, ...
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