The purpose of this study was to address the utility of curriculum-based measurements of written expression (CBM-W) for predicting writing growth longitudinally and address the extent to which CBM-W relate to other academic and behavior measures. CBM-W has been shown to be an appropriate and useful method for assessing and monitoring writing skill growth. However, previous research lacks information for how CBM-W scoring procedures might predict writing achievement longitudinally and how CBM-W may relate to other measurable academic or behavior outcomes. Results using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) revealed that when applying CBM-W scoring methods to the simpler task of writing sentences in isolation in third grade, the outcomes significantly predict trait scores for the more complex task of narrative prompt writing in fifth grade. This finding was significant above and beyond the Woodcock-Johnson (WJ) Writing Fluency assessment, a standardized assessment for measuring student's fluency in forming and writing simple sentences. Correlation analyses revealed that CBM-W scores for both third and fifth grade were significantly correlated with reading, vocabulary and behavior measures. CBM-W scoring is a method teachers can use across writing task types and across levels of writing development. In addition, CBM-W scoring can be used for predicting writing achievement longitudinally. / A Dissertation submitted to the School of Teacher Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2013. / March 21, 2013. / Assessment, Curriculum-Based Measurement, Elementary School,
Writing / Includes bibliographical references. / Christopher Schatschneider, University Representative; Young-Suk Kim, Committee Member; Diana Rice, Committee Member; Stephanie Al’Otaiba, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183698 |
| Contributors | Dombek, Jennifer Lucas (authoraut), Schatschneider, Christopher (university representative), Kim, Young-Suk (committee member), Rice, Diana (committee member), Al’Otaiba, Stephanie (committee member), School of Teacher Education (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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