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?
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.