Effects of Systematic Observation and Feedback on Teachers' Implementation of Curriculum-Based Measurement

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of systematic observation and feedback on teachers' implementation of curriculum-based measurement. Subjects were 20 special educators who taught pupils with mild and moderate disabilities. Teachers were assigned randomly to a computer-assasted or a paper-and-pencil monitoring group. Teachers initially were taught to monitor pupil performance during a series of inservice training sessions. After 1 month of monitoring, accuracy of implementation was assessed, and corrective feedback was provided as needed One month later, accuracy of implementation again was measured 4 lyses of variance indicated that systematic observation and feedback was associated with improvement in accuracy, ez-,pecially on more difficult aspects of curriculum-based measurement. Implications for practice and additional research are discussed.