Equipercentile linking shows grade 3 screening benchmark cut scores identifying at-risk students cluster in the MCAS Partially Meeting Expectations performance level, with variation among assessments¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Grade 3 EOY screening benchmark cut scores linked to MCAS ELA scale scores that identify students at risk cluster in the Partially Meeting Expectations performance level, though the mapping varies across screening assessments. → Mariann Lemke 2023

Evidence¶

Mariann Lemke 2023¶

Mariann Lemke, Dan Murphy, Aaron Soo Ping Chow, Hayley Spencer, and Angela Zhang. (2023). A First Look at Early Literacy Performance in Massachusetts: Results of Initial Analysis Based on State Grantee Literacy Screening Assessments. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED638580

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Equipercentile linking of grade 3 EOY literacy screening benchmark cut scores to the grade 3 MCAS ELA scale for the 2021/22 concordance samples; "screening assessment benchmark cut scores that identify students at risk cluster in the MCAS Partially Meeting Expectations performance level."

"Results indicate that screening assessment benchmark cut scores that identify students at risk cluster in the MCAS Partially Meeting Expectations performance level, though there is variation among screening assessments."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Screening assessment benchmarks indicating significant risk shift up and down on the MCAS scale within and across grades, so students with the same skills may be classified differently at different times — related
• Early literacy screening assessments provide multiple benchmarks or performance levels defined in different ways, with no common definition of 'at risk' — related
• Screening assessments vary in design, administration, and risk definitions such that there is no truly common definition of risk across assessments — related
• Grade 3 screener benchmark scores marking any level of risk map to MCAS ELA scores from mid Partially Meeting Expectations to the beginning of Meeting Expectations — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Literacy screener benchmarks predict which grade 3 students will not meet MCAS ELA expectations, but not necessarily who will meet them — related
• The predictive value of grade 3 screening benchmarks for MCAS ELA proficiency varies widely: 15 to 69 percent of students classified as on track did not reach MCAS proficiency, and students flagged at risk rarely met proficiency — related