Diagnostic Assessment Tools (DAT): Interim Assessments Aligned to Indiana State Standards to Monitor Student Learning and Adjust Instruction
Intervention Details
Subjects
English Language Arts, MathAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
Full school yearGrades
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Personnel
General Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Diagnostic Assessment Tools (DAT) is a set of two interim assessments aligned to Indiana state standards and grade-level expectations, intended to help teachers monitor student learning and adjust their instruction to student needs during the school year. DAT consists of Wireless Generation's mCLASS for students in grades K-2 and CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity for students in grades 3-8. Both assessments are accompanied by progress monitoring tools, instructional tools, and online support systems that allow teachers to assess student performance on state standards and objectives and identify students performing at different achievement levels. Teachers at intervention schools received training to use these tools and support systems and were instructed to use them to monitor student progress and adjust instruction to student needs with the ultimate goal of improving student achievement.
Grades
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8Personnel
General Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
No effect on general mathematics achievement
No effect on general reading achievement
Positive effect on mathematics achievement for grades 5 and 6
Positive effect on reading achievement for grades 3-5
No effect on mathematics achievement for grades 3 and 4
No effect on reading achievement for grade 6
Source
(2015). WWC Review of the Report "The Impact of Indiana's System of Interim Assessments on Mathematics and Reading." What Works Clearinghouse Single Study Review (ED553423). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED553423.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
These charts show the characteristics of the student populations studied. When assessing programs, you may want to prioritize interventions that yielded success in a similar demographic environment as your school or district.
The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.