Using Growth for Accountability
Measurement Challenges for Students With Disabilities and Recommendations for Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9730930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather M Buzick (0000-0001-7802-5484, corresponding author), Cara Cahalan Laitusis (0000-0002-6777-5172) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 537-544 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x10383560 |
| OpenAlex | W2109202795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Growth-based approaches to federal accountability are receiving considerable attention because they have the potential to reward schools and teachers for improving student performance over time by measuring student progress at all levels of the performance spectrum, including progress by students who have not reached proficiency on state accountability assessments. The use of growth in accountability holds promise for students with disabilities, but measuring changes over time in academic performance with large-scale annual assessments is complex. The authors discuss practical challenges in measuring and modeling growth for students with disabilities. In addition, they identify and describe three areas in need of research on the measurement of growth: the impact of testing accommodations, the impact of test difficulty, and the longitudinal characteristics of the population of students with disabilities
Accountability · Mathematics education · Medical education · Political science · Population · Scale (ratio · Standardized test · Test (biology · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Disability Education and Employment · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |