In this fast-track application, the Institute for Evidence-Based Education developed a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) to provide universal ongoing, continuous progress assessment data of critical reading skills to teachers of students. The primary purpose of this assessment was to facilitate a teacher's ability to provide differentiated instruction for all students, including students who struggle as well as students who excel. The Institute for Evidence-Based Education at SMU and partner organization, Istation, named the assessment, Istation's Indicators of Progress, and created a sophisticated web-delivered Continuous Progress Monitoring (CPM) assessment system driven by a CAT algorithm built from Item Response Theory to gather and report frequent information about student progress in critical domains of reading throughout and even across academic years. Additionally, this team created easy-to-interpret, web-based reports for teachers and other school personnel that detail the needs of students, and provide links to lesson plans and other resources.
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