Education & learning publications
-
Implementing Reading and Mathematics Software
This study explored software implementation issues through case study of a subset of the schools participating in the EETI experiment.
-
A Wizard For Padi Assessment Design (Padi Technical Report 11)
In a first prototype, we implemented a wizard that prompts for some selection criteria, eventually matching the answers supplied by the interviewee to an existing template that already has a…
-
Technology’s Role In Curriculum
-
Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention
Results suggest that Part C early intervention provides important supports for families of young children with disabilities. The findings reinforce the need for experimental research to identify factors that are…
-
The Status of the Teaching Profession 2005
This annual report provides an update on California’s teacher development and teacher quality policies; discusses trends in the supply of and demand for teachers; examines data on novice, underprepared, out…
-
Constructing Padi Measurement Models for the BEAR Scoring Engine (Padi Technical Report 7)
Connections among the task design, student work products, evaluation, and inferential reasoning are highlighted, and the BEAR Scoring Engine is presented as one example of how multidimensional item response modeling…
-
Singapore Tablet PC Program Study: Executive Summary and Final Report, Volume 1, Technical Findings
-
Singapore Tablet PC Program Study: Executive Summary and Final Report, Volume 2, Technical Appendicies
-
Mapping The Distribution Of Expertise And Resources In A School: Investigating The Potential Of Using Social Network Analysis In Evaluation
This paper describes results of a study investigating the potential of using social network analysis to evaluate the capacity of a school to undertake a schoolwide educational reform.
-
Evidence-Centered Assessment Design: Layers, Structures, and Terminology (Padi Technical Report 9)
This presentation provides an overview of ECD, highlighting the ideas of layers in the process, structures and representations within layers, and terms and concepts that can be used to guide…
-
Task Templates Based on Misconception Research (Padi Technical Report 6)
This paper reports one such effort, motivated by assessments that elicit students’ qualitative explanations of situations that have been designed to provoke misconceptions and partial understandings. We describe four task-specific…
-
An Example-Based Exploration Of Design Patterns In Measurement (Padi Technical Report 8)
This paper extends the work conducted by the Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry (PADI) project to investigate more deeply the application of assessment design patterns.