Creating a System of Accountability: The Impact of Instructional Assessment on Elementary Children’s Achievement Test Scores

Authors

  • Samuel J. Meisels Erikson Institute
  • Sally Atkins-Burnett University of Michigan
  • Yange Xue National Center for Children and Families,Teachers College, Columbia Universit
  • Julie Nicholson University of Michigan
  • Donna DiPrima Bickel Institute For Learning (IFL), University of Pittsburgh
  • Seung-Hee Son University of Michigan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-3825

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v11n9.2003

Keywords:

Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Work Sampling System, Elementary Education

Abstract

This study examined the trajectory of change in scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) of low-income, urban, third and fourth graders who had been enrolled in classrooms where the Work Sampling System (WSS), a curriculum-embedded performance assessment, was used for at least three years. The ITBS scores of children exposed to WSS were compared with those of students in a group of non-WSS contrast schools that were matched by race, income, mobility, school size, and number of parents in the home and to a comparison group of all other students in the school district.

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Author Biography

Samuel J. Meisels, Erikson Institute

Samuel J. Meisels is president of the Erikson Insititute. An emeritus professor of education at the University of Michigan, Dr. Meisels's research concerns the development of alternative assessments from birth through grade 5, policy studies of early intervention, and research regarding the developmental consequences of high risk birth. He has co-authored The Handbook of Early Intervention, the “Work Sampling System,” and the “Early Screening Inventory-Revised,” among many other publications.

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Published

2003-02-28

How to Cite

Meisels, S. J., Atkins-Burnett, S., Xue, Y., Nicholson, J., DiPrima Bickel, D., & Son, S.-H. (2003). Creating a System of Accountability: The Impact of Instructional Assessment on Elementary Children’s Achievement Test Scores. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 11, 9. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v11n9.2003

Issue

Vol. 11 (2003)

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Articles

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