Curriculumbased Assessment: The Easy Way To Determine Responsetointervention

Although curriculumbased assessment (CBA) has been on the horizon for a number of years, there has been a need for a practical, classroombased approach for its implementation. This second edition is a major revision and update that offers practical and specific methods for developing and using CBAs in an educational setting. It gives educators a highly specific, stepbystep approach to building CBAs in the area of reading word recognition, reading comprehension, content reading, mathematics, and written expression. Each chapter offers detailed, easytoread, and easytofollow instructions for the assessment construction process. To further clarify the process, extensive examples are given in table format. A unique feature of the text is the manner in which the author illustrates the principles of CBA by providing a case study on one student which is referred to in each chapter. Its formative assessment approach gives the teacher additional, detailed information about students' performance, which, in turn, should guide the type of instruction designed and implemented, ultimately leading to higher performance on summative outcome measures. Additionally, detailed information is provided on subject area CBA construction, the creation and implementation of a districtwide CBA system for responsetointervention, and how to use IDEA'S responsetointervention in student evaluation.