Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP)
Early Math
Summary
ISIP Early Math is a web based computer adaptive formative assessment intended for students in PreKindergarten through Grade 1. The assessment is intended to provide teachers and administrators with student test results to answer two questions: (a) whether students are at risk of failure, and (b) the degree of intensity of instructional support students need to be successful. ISIP Early Math can be administered individually or in group settings. The assessment is administered in English. The assessment is untimed; however, most students complete the assessment within 30 minutes. There is no additional scoring time required for the assessment. Teachers can be trained on ISIP Math through either a webinar or an in-person training session. Training takes between 1 and 4 hours. All training materials are online and are created by Istation. Reports are available for both individual and groups of students indicating single administration results and comparisons of results over time. All reports include student scaled scores and tier levels based on student percentiles.
- Where to Obtain:
- Istation
- sales@istation.com
- 8150 North Central Expressway, Suite 2000, Dallas, TX, 75206
- (866) 883-READ
- https://info.istation.com/contact-sales
- Initial Cost:
- $6.75 per student
- Replacement Cost:
- $6.75 per student per 1 year
- Included in Cost:
- ISIP is purchased as a yearly subscription. ISIP assessment packages includes online assessment, data hosting, reporting, teacher resources, online training center, user guides and manuals. Computers and/or tablets are needed to implement this assessment, as well as internet access. ISIP can be used on many different technology platforms including desktops, laptops, and tablets. Additionally, in-person training conducted by a professional development specialist cost is $2750 per specialist per half day. Virtual training starts at $1950. Istation also creates custom PD services to support customer or district learning outcomes with project management services.
- Appropriate accommodations are provided during ISIP assessments for students who are receiving support services, including those who have an Individual Education or 504 Plan, or who qualify as English Language learners. These accommodations support students’ access to the content of the assessment by reducing or eliminating the effects of the disability or limitation but do not change the content of the assessment. ISIP assessments provide people with disabilities access that is comparable to access for non-impaired people — with the exception of a totally blind or totally deaf disabled person. Istation provides guidance for accommodations for students with various needs. We have universal features that are available for all students. Designated features are options available to a student with a documented need. Both universal and designated features may be embedded (available within Istation) or non-embedded (provided at the local level). Administrators with manager accounts can assign accommodations to students in the Istation report and Management Portal. Students may use scratch paper in the ISIP Math assessment.
- Training Requirements:
- 1-4 hrs of training
- Qualified Administrators:
- paraprofessional at minimum
- Access to Technical Support:
- By email and phone (M-F 7am-6:30pm) CST)
- Assessment Format:
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- Performance measure
- Direct: Computerized
- One-to-one
- Scoring Time:
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- Scoring is automatic
- Scores Generated:
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- Raw score
- Percentile score
- IRT-based score
- Composite scores
- Other: MetaMetrics Quantile Score
- Administration Time:
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- 25 minutes per student
- Scoring Method:
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- Automatically (computer-scored)
- Technology Requirements:
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- Computer or tablet
- Internet connection
- Accommodations:
- Appropriate accommodations are provided during ISIP assessments for students who are receiving support services, including those who have an Individual Education or 504 Plan, or who qualify as English Language learners. These accommodations support students’ access to the content of the assessment by reducing or eliminating the effects of the disability or limitation but do not change the content of the assessment. ISIP assessments provide people with disabilities access that is comparable to access for non-impaired people — with the exception of a totally blind or totally deaf disabled person. Istation provides guidance for accommodations for students with various needs. We have universal features that are available for all students. Designated features are options available to a student with a documented need. Both universal and designated features may be embedded (available within Istation) or non-embedded (provided at the local level). Administrators with manager accounts can assign accommodations to students in the Istation report and Management Portal. Students may use scratch paper in the ISIP Math assessment.
Descriptive Information
- Please provide a description of your tool:
- ISIP Early Math is a web based computer adaptive formative assessment intended for students in PreKindergarten through Grade 1. The assessment is intended to provide teachers and administrators with student test results to answer two questions: (a) whether students are at risk of failure, and (b) the degree of intensity of instructional support students need to be successful. ISIP Early Math can be administered individually or in group settings. The assessment is administered in English. The assessment is untimed; however, most students complete the assessment within 30 minutes. There is no additional scoring time required for the assessment. Teachers can be trained on ISIP Math through either a webinar or an in-person training session. Training takes between 1 and 4 hours. All training materials are online and are created by Istation. Reports are available for both individual and groups of students indicating single administration results and comparisons of results over time. All reports include student scaled scores and tier levels based on student percentiles.
ACADEMIC ONLY: What skills does the tool screen?
- Please describe specific domain, skills or subtests:
- BEHAVIOR ONLY: Which category of behaviors does your tool target?
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- BEHAVIOR ONLY: Please identify which broad domain(s)/construct(s) are measured by your tool and define each sub-domain or sub-construct.
Acquisition and Cost Information
Administration
- Are norms available?
- Yes
- Are benchmarks available?
- Yes
- If yes, how many benchmarks per year?
- 12
- If yes, for which months are benchmarks available?
- August through July
- BEHAVIOR ONLY: Can students be rated concurrently by one administrator?
- If yes, how many students can be rated concurrently?
Training & Scoring
Training
- Is training for the administrator required?
- Yes
- Describe the time required for administrator training, if applicable:
- 1-4 hrs of training
- Please describe the minimum qualifications an administrator must possess.
- paraprofessional at minimum
- No minimum qualifications
- Are training manuals and materials available?
- Yes
- Are training manuals/materials field-tested?
- Yes
- Are training manuals/materials included in cost of tools?
- Yes
- If No, please describe training costs:
- Training manuals, users guides, and an online training center are included in the cost of the tool. In-person training conducted by a professional development specialist cost is $2800 per specialist per day.
- Can users obtain ongoing professional and technical support?
- Yes
- If Yes, please describe how users can obtain support:
- By email and phone (M-F 7am-6:30pm) CST)
Scoring
- Do you provide basis for calculating performance level scores?
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Yes
- Does your tool include decision rules?
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No
- If yes, please describe.
- Can you provide evidence in support of multiple decision rules?
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No
- If yes, please describe.
- Please describe the scoring structure. Provide relevant details such as the scoring format, the number of items overall, the number of items per subscale, what the cluster/composite score comprises, and how raw scores are calculated.
- Ability scores are estimated using Bayesian EAP with an informative prior under a 2 PL unidimensional IRT model. Reported scale scores are generated through a linear transformation of the raw IRT-based ability scores. An overall ability is estimated after all of the appropriate sub-contents (number sense, operations, geometry, algebra and algebraic thinking, measurement, data analysis, probability and statistics, personal financial literacy, and mathematical reasoning) are measured based on the responses from all items.
- Describe the tool’s approach to screening, samples (if applicable), and/or test format, including steps taken to ensure that it is appropriate for use with culturally and linguistically diverse populations and students with disabilities.
- Ability scale scores are compared to cut-points determined from nationally representative norming sample to classify students into one of three instructional tiers. Ongoing reviews of item parameters, score scaling, and the setting of cut-points is practiced for ISIP. The data used for the item calibration was based on an ethnically diverse regional sample, including urban and suburban students of varied ability and backgrounds. Ongoing DIF analysis is conducted.
Technical Standards
Classification Accuracy & Cross-Validation Summary
Grade |
Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Classification Accuracy Fall | ||
Classification Accuracy Winter | ||
Classification Accuracy Spring |
Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA)
Classification Accuracy
- Describe the criterion (outcome) measure(s) including the degree to which it/they is/are independent from the screening measure.
- The Test of Early Mathematics Ability –Third Edition (TEMA) was selected as a criterion assessment for students in K-1 for this study. TEMA is intended to identify children who are significantly behind or ahead of their peers in the development of mathematical thinking (Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003). Mathematical concepts and skills assessed in the TEMA include relative magnitude, counting, calculation, convention, number facts, base 10 concepts, non-verbal production, non-verbal addition and subtraction, part whole concepts, equal partitioning, symbolic additive commutativity, number comparisons, and mental addition and subtraction (Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003).
- Describe when screening and criterion measures were administered and provide a justification for why the method(s) you chose (concurrent and/or predictive) is/are appropriate for your tool.
- Describe how the classification analyses were performed and cut-points determined. Describe how the cut points align with students at-risk. Please indicate which groups were contrasted in your analyses (e.g., low risk students versus high risk students, low risk students versus moderate risk students).
- Classification accuracy analyses were performed to determine if ISIP Math was able to accurately differentiate using TEMA as the criterion assessment. 20th percentile are used as cut points for both TEMA and ISIP MATHS and it is a cut point for intensive need. The data were collected in 2015-16 school year from three districts in the State of Texas.
- Were the children in the study/studies involved in an intervention in addition to typical classroom instruction between the screening measure and outcome assessment?
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No
- If yes, please describe the intervention, what children received the intervention, and how they were chosen.
Cross-Validation
- Has a cross-validation study been conducted?
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Yes
- If yes,
- Describe the criterion (outcome) measure(s) including the degree to which it/they is/are independent from the screening measure.
- The Test of Early Mathematics Ability –Third Edition (TEMA) was selected as a criterion assessment for students in K-1 for this study. TEMA is intended to identify children who are significantly behind or ahead of their peers in the development of mathematical thinking (Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003). Mathematical concepts and skills assessed in the TEMA include relative magnitude, counting, calculation, convention, number facts, base 10 concepts, non-verbal production, non-verbal addition and subtraction, part whole concepts, equal partitioning, symbolic additive commutativity, number comparisons, and mental addition and subtraction (Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003).
- Describe when screening and criterion measures were administered and provide a justification for why the method(s) you chose (concurrent and/or predictive) is/are appropriate for your tool.
- Describe how the cross-validation analyses were performed and cut-points determined. Describe how the cut points align with students at-risk. Please indicate which groups were contrasted in your analyses (e.g., low risk students versus high risk students, low risk students versus moderate risk students).
- Cross-validation analyses were performed to determine if ISIP Math was able to accurately differentiate using TEMA as the criterion assessment. 20th percentile are used as cut points for both TEMA and ISIP MATHS and it is a cut point for intensive need. The data were collected in 2015-16 school year from three districts in the State of Texas.
- Were the children in the study/studies involved in an intervention in addition to typical classroom instruction between the screening measure and outcome assessment?
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No
- If yes, please describe the intervention, what children received the intervention, and how they were chosen.
Classification Accuracy - Fall
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1793 | 1762 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.71 | 0.74 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.50 | 0.66 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.74 | 0.81 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Date | September – October 2015 | September – October 2015 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Classification Accuracy - Winter
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1883 | 1871 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.76 | 0.77 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.58 | 0.69 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.81 | 0.84 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Date | January – February 2016 | January – February 2016 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Classification Accuracy - Spring
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1984 | 1965 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.80 | 0.74 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.68 | 0.66 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.91 | 0.82 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Date | May – June 2016 | May – June 2016 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Cross-Validation - Fall
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1793 | 1762 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.71 | 0.74 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.50 | 0.66 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.74 | 0.81 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
---|---|---|
Date | September – October 2015 | September – October 2015 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Cross-Validation - Winter
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
---|---|---|
Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1883 | 1871 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.76 | 0.77 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.58 | 0.69 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.81 | 0.84 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Date | January – February 2016 | January – February 2016 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Cross-Validation - Spring
Evidence | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Criterion measure | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) | Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA) |
Cut Points - Percentile rank on criterion measure | 20 | 20 |
Cut Points - Performance score on criterion measure | ||
Cut Points - Corresponding performance score (numeric) on screener measure | 1984 | 1965 |
Classification Data - True Positive (a) | ||
Classification Data - False Positive (b) | ||
Classification Data - False Negative (c) | ||
Classification Data - True Negative (d) | ||
Area Under the Curve (AUC) | 0.80 | 0.74 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Lower Bound | 0.68 | 0.66 |
AUC Estimate’s 95% Confidence Interval: Upper Bound | 0.91 | 0.82 |
Statistics | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
---|---|---|
Base Rate | ||
Overall Classification Rate | ||
Sensitivity | ||
Specificity | ||
False Positive Rate | ||
False Negative Rate | ||
Positive Predictive Power | ||
Negative Predictive Power |
Sample | Kindergarten | Grade 1 |
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Date | May – June 2016 | May – June 2016 |
Sample Size | ||
Geographic Representation | West South Central (TX) | West South Central (TX) |
Male | ||
Female | ||
Other | ||
Gender Unknown | ||
White, Non-Hispanic | ||
Black, Non-Hispanic | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | ||
Other | ||
Race / Ethnicity Unknown | ||
Low SES | ||
IEP or diagnosed disability | ||
English Language Learner |
Reliability
Grade |
Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Rating | d | d |
- *Offer a justification for each type of reliability reported, given the type and purpose of the tool.
- Cronbach’s (1951) coefficient alpha is typically used as an indicator of reliability across test items within a testing instance. However, Cronboch’s Alpha is not appropriate for any IRT based measure because alpha assumes that all students in the testing instance respond to a common set of items. Due to its very nature, students taking a CAT-based assessment, such as ISIP Math, will receive a custom set of items based on their initial estimates of ability and response patterns. Thus, students do not respond to a common set of items. The IRT analogue to classical internal consistency is marginal reliability (Bock & Mislevy, 1982) and thus applied to ISIP Math.
- *Describe the sample(s), including size and characteristics, for each reliability analysis conducted.
- Samples were obtained from three school districts in Texas during the 2015-2016 school year. There were 171 kindergartners for beginning of the year assessment (BOY/Fall), 170 kindergartners for middle of the year assessment (MOY/Winter), 163 kindergartners for end of the year assessment (EOY/Spring), 217 first graders for beginning of the year assessment (BOY), 230 first graders for middle of the year assessment (MOY), and 221 first graders for end of the year assessment (EOY).
- *Describe the analysis procedures for each reported type of reliability.
- IRT based reliability is derived from Classical Test Theory to Item Response Theory as follow. (see attached doc) IRT based reliability in equation (1) is computed at each administration.
*In the table(s) below, report the results of the reliability analyses described above (e.g., internal consistency or inter-rater reliability coefficients).
Type of | Subgroup | Informant | Age / Grade | Test or Criterion | n | Median Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound |
95% Confidence Interval Upper Bound |
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- Results from other forms of reliability analysis not compatible with above table format:
- Manual cites other published reliability studies:
- No
- Provide citations for additional published studies.
- Do you have reliability data that are disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, or other subgroups (e.g., English language learners, students with disabilities)?
- Yes
If yes, fill in data for each subgroup with disaggregated reliability data.
Type of | Subgroup | Informant | Age / Grade | Test or Criterion | n | Median Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound |
95% Confidence Interval Upper Bound |
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- Results from other forms of reliability analysis not compatible with above table format:
- Additional disaggregated data is available from the Center upon request.
- Manual cites other published reliability studies:
- No
- Provide citations for additional published studies.
Validity
Grade |
Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Rating | d | d |
- *Describe each criterion measure used and explain why each measure is appropriate, given the type and purpose of the tool.
- Predictive validity examines the relation between performance on the screener and a criterion of similar content that is administered at some time in the future. On the other hand, Concurrent validity examines the relation between performance on the screener and a criterion of similar content that is administered at the same point in time. Renaissance Learning’s STAR Math is a computerized adaptive test intended for students in Grades 1 through 8. STAR Math is designed to provide teachers and administrators with data that can be used for multiple purposes such as screening, placement, planning instruction, benchmarking, and outcomes measurement. It also provides educators with estimates of students’ instructional math levels relative to national norms. Because STAR Math assesses a similar construct and has a similar use, STAR Math was used to provide concurrent validity for ISIP Math. The Test of Early Mathematics Ability –Third Edition (TEMA-3) was selected to provide concurrent validity for ISIP Math because it assesses a similar construct. TEMA-3 is intended to identify children who are significantly behind or ahead of their peers in the development of mathematical thinking (Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003). The TEMA-3 is intended to be administered at the beginning of the school year as an early indicator of students’ abilities, but can also be administered later in the school year to assess student progress. Mathematical concepts and skills assessed in the TEMA-3 include relative magnitude, counting, calculation, convention, number facts, base 10 concepts, non-verbal production, non-verbal addition and subtraction, part whole concepts, equal partitioning, symbolic additive commutativity, number comparisons, and mental addition and subtraction.
- *Describe the sample(s), including size and characteristics, for each validity analysis conducted.
- Samples are derived from urban school districts in the northeast area of the state of Texas approximately 200 students per each assessment point (Fall/Winter/Spring).
- *Describe the analysis procedures for each reported type of validity.
- Data for this study was obtained from three school districts in Texas during the 2015-2016 school year. There were 178 kindergartners and 239 first graders. The validity was calculated by determining the correlation between the scaled scores of the ISIP Math and the scaled scores of the TEMA-3, and the STAR Math individually, by grade level.
*In the table below, report the results of the validity analyses described above (e.g., concurrent or predictive validity, evidence based on response processes, evidence based on internal structure, evidence based on relations to other variables, and/or evidence based on consequences of testing), and the criterion measures.
Type of | Subgroup | Informant | Age / Grade | Test or Criterion | n | Median Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound |
95% Confidence Interval Upper Bound |
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- Results from other forms of validity analysis not compatible with above table format:
- Manual cites other published reliability studies:
- No
- Provide citations for additional published studies.
- Describe the degree to which the provided data support the validity of the tool.
- The results suggest moderate to strong relationships between ISIP Math and STAR Math and TEMA-3. Our findings also show very convincing evidence across all 3 data points (Fall: beginning of the year (BOY), Winter: middle of the year (MOY), and Spring: end of the year (EOY) both K and Grade 1.
- Do you have validity data that are disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity, or other subgroups (e.g., English language learners, students with disabilities)?
- Yes
If yes, fill in data for each subgroup with disaggregated validity data.
Type of | Subgroup | Informant | Age / Grade | Test or Criterion | n | Median Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound |
95% Confidence Interval Upper Bound |
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- Results from other forms of validity analysis not compatible with above table format:
- Additional disaggregated data is available from the Center upon request.
- Manual cites other published reliability studies:
- No
- Provide citations for additional published studies.
Bias Analysis
Grade |
Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Rating | Yes | Yes |
- Have you conducted additional analyses related to the extent to which your tool is or is not biased against subgroups (e.g., race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, students with disabilities, English language learners)? Examples might include Differential Item Functioning (DIF) or invariance testing in multiple-group confirmatory factor models.
- Yes
- If yes,
- a. Describe the method used to determine the presence or absence of bias:
- Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis was conducted by grade level (K - 1) using logistic regression DIF detection analysis by difR package in R software.
- b. Describe the subgroups for which bias analyses were conducted:
- Four DIF factors were investigated: socioeconomic status, gender, race/ethnicity, and special education students.
- c. Describe the results of the bias analyses conducted, including data and interpretative statements. Include magnitude of effect (if available) if bias has been identified.
- Using Zumbo & Thomas (ZT) DIF criterion, results showed 97% displayed as A item (negligible or non-significant DIF effect), 2% displayed as B item (slightly to moderate DIF effect), and only 1% displayed as C item (moderate to large DIF effect) across these four DIF factors.
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