Participants
Twenty-four elementary/intermediate schools participated in the study, inclusive of students in Grades 1–6. Consented students completed the Reading Measure in two separate administrations (referred to as Administration 1 and Administration 2) during one month in the fall. Classroom teachers or other school staff (e.g. Reading Specialists, Library-Media Specialists, etc.) read students the informed assent information, provided instructions for the Reading Measure , and then monitored administration sessions. Students took the Reading Measure on their own school-assigned devices.
Participating schools, teachers, and students were compensated for their participation.
Observations
Observations conducted during administration of the Reading Measure indicated that students, even the youngest ones, appeared familiar with technology and easily located the Reading Measure application in the Web portal on their devices. Students worked their own way through the Reading Measure and no significant issues or difficulties were observed.
Results
The reliability and validity studies’ results are predicated on the assumption that the Reading Measure will be used only for low-stakes decision-making in the service of instruction, either in direct conjunction with Scholastic Literacy Pro ® ⁴ or independently. As such, the Reading Measure cannot be used to make high-stakes decisions; for example, as part of the criteria to determine students’ grade retention or as the primary measure on which assignment to a Tier 2 or 3 intervention is based. Additionally, the Reading Measure has not been validated for use in evaluating teachers’ performance.
4 Scholastic Literacy Pro is a blended independent reading program designed for K–6 students that recommends personalized collections of books for students that are aligned with their reading level and self-identified interests. Students access Literacy Pro at school or at home from a computer or tablet with an Internet connection; the program allows them to set and monitor their personal independent reading goals and complete Think More reading comprehension check-in activities. Teachers can use Literacy Pro as a digital classroom management tool to monitor students’ independent reading both at school and home. The program also produces reports that when used in conjunction with other information can help school administrators track students’ reading activities and progress.
SCHOLASTIC READING MEASURE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY STUDY 5
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