BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH & TEACHING
Research and Development in Student Learning and Academic Assessment
Spanish Language Vocabulary Measures, Grades 2-8, To Be Added in the Fall Thanks to all the teachers and students who assisted with piloting the Spanish Language Vocabulary items, we have sufficient data to enable us to assemble alternate forms for…
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Julie Alonzo, Co-Director of BRT, was recently selected to attend the 2017 Summer Research Training Institute on sequential multiple assignment randomized trials (SMARTs). SMART designs are recommended for use in the development and evaluation of adaptive interventions, in which interventions…
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BRT faculty and community partners will be teaming with the University of Oregon’s Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership to present a two-day intensive Executive Leadership Institute June 28-29, 2017. The Institute’s theme is “Leading school improvement with evidence-based…
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There’s a New Doctor in the House March 2, 2017 BRT would like to congratulate Dan Farley on successfully defending his dissertation and earning his Ph.D. on March 2, 2017. Dr. Farley has worked closely with BRT since 2011, when…
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Headliner – Dr. Julie Alonzo August 2016 With a $1.5 million research grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) launching in August of 2016, Dr. Julie Alonzo, Co-Director of BRT, is excited about the future. “The funding for Project…
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Project DATA for RTI Grant- Developing Adept Teams for Advancing RTI Program: Professional Development for Teachers and Related Service Providers Fiscal Year: 2016 Name of Institution: University of Oregon Principal Investigator: Alonzo, JulieTitle: Project DATA for RTI: Developing Adept Teams…
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Date: 2016 – Grades: 2-12 In response to requests from educators, we have begun work on adding Spanish-language vocabulary assessments to the measures available on the easyCBM Deluxe and District editions. A crucial step is gathering empirical data on how…
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Date: Spring 2016The Oregon Extended Assessment was redesigned in the 2014-15 school year in order to develop a vertical scale that would support modeling of academic growth for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The test design was also structured to…
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Date: 2015-2020Sample: In Year 1 we work with one development preschool site. In Year 2, we add a new preschool and a kindergarten site. In Years 3 and 4, we work with four new sites (two preschool and two kindergarten)….
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Goal: Establish a computer-based vertically scaled English language arts (combined reading and writing) and mathematics test with three levels of difficulty – low, mid, and high – that students can take after completing 15 items for placement into these levels….
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