The Mastery View Predictive Assessments (MVPA) are rigorous benchmarks that measure students’ academic progress and predict summative outcomes. For districts to effectively use these assessments to make instructional decisions, they must align with state summative assessments and accurately predict students’ scores.
Results from this new study completed by the LearnPlatform Research team reveal that the MVPAs are an accurate predictor of math, reading, and science state summative assessment scores in four states (i.e., Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Furthermore, there were no distinguishable differences in the correlations of the MVPAs with state assessments even though they measure different standards. This finding shows that the MVPA assessment development process works well for each state and their unique needs. Given the large, representative sample size, these robust findings suggest that the MVPA is an appropriate assessment to use for predicting students’ scores on state summative assessments. All findings taken together, this study suggests that the Predictive Assessments can be used by schools to identify students who are performing below grade level and may need additional targeted intervention to reach proficiency.
Learn more and read the complete study here.
