CPM: If a student is “on track” on any measure or sub-measure in Wave 1, would that student be assessed with the same measure again in Wave 2? What if a child receives a perfect score? Are there additional questions generated at each wave?
- Thao.Yoder
Answer
The timed assessments (rapid letter naming and rapid vocabulary) include different items with each administration. All other assessment measures include the same items at each wave; however, meeting the benchmark at Wave 1 does not guarantee a child will continue to meet the benchmark in that area because each wave has successively increase cut points. For example, a four-year-old would be expected to show proficiency of 13 on Wave 1 on the science receptive tasks but progresses to an expectation of 16 by Wave 2.
If a student receives a perfect score (all items correct), it may or may not be helpful to assess that student again at a subsequent administration:
For Rapid Letter Naming and Rapid Vocabulary, students should be reassessed because items change with each administration.
If a child receives a perfect score on a sub-measure within a larger measure that produces a total score (e.g., Math, Phonological Awareness), the teacher should continue to assess that sub-measure at each administration so that the total score is based on a single wave of administration.
If a child receives perfect scores across all sub-measures in a measure, or for a measure that includes only one set of items (e.g., Social Studies), it is probably not helpful to reassess this student. For now, teachers can individually exclude a child from later waves on a given measure to avoid remeasuring. CLI is exploring the possibility of expanding functionality to allow teachers to document a reason for exclusion.