Using Assessment to Improve the Accuracy of Teachers' Perceptions of Students' Academic Competence.

ABSTRACT: Teachers' perceptions of their students' academic skills can affect students' achievement and may be influenced by unrelated student characteristics such as socioeconomic status (SES). In this ad hoc randomized controlled trial, teachers (n = 28) were randomly assigned to receive training on using assessment to guide literacy instruction, Assessment-to-Instruction (A2i), or on Math PALS (control). Teachers rated students' (n = 446) academic competence. A2i teachers' ratings did not vary by SES, and their ratings correlated more strongly with students' literacy and mathematics assessment scores compared with those of the control teachers. Control teachers generally underestimated lower SES students' academic competence; underestimation was greater at more affluent schools. Tea

SUBMITTER: Gatlin-Nash B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8681869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature