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Relationship Between Teachers' Use Of Academic Progress Data And Students' Test Scores, Amanda Egan Egan
Relationship Between Teachers' Use Of Academic Progress Data And Students' Test Scores, Amanda Egan Egan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A small private secondary school in Mexico implemented periodic progress testing with the intention of individualizing education of its students. The relationship between teachers' use of Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) data and students' mathematics and reading gain scores was not known. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the frequency of teachers' use of MAP data or student profiles was related to students' MAP mathematics and reading test gain scores between 2 years of test administrations. The theoretical framework for the study was Dewey's, Kolb's, and Vygotsky's ideas on pragmatism and constructivism, which support students' opportunities for …