Randall Penfield
Associated IES Content
FY2016
FY2016 Special Education Peer Review Panel
FY2015
FY2015 Special Education Peer Review Panel
FY2014
FY2014 Basic Processes Peer Review Panel
FY2013
FY2013 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
Grant
Enfoque en Ciencia: Extending the Cultural and Linguistic Validity of a Computer Adaptive Assessment of Science Readiness for Use with Young Latino Children
The purpose of this project is to develop and validate an Item Response Theory (IRT) - based, computer adaptive test (CAT) to assess Latino preschoolers’ science knowledge and skills. The research team will extend current IES-funded work (Lens on Science: Development and Validation of a Computer-Administered, Adaptive, IRT-Based Science Assessment for Preschool Children) that is in the final stages of developing and validating a touch screen computer-adaptive child assessment of scienc...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A130612
FY2012
FY2012 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
Grant
Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P-SELL): Efficacy and Sustainability
As the school-aged population continues to become more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse, English language learning (ELL) students can now be found in virtually every school in the nation. For ELL students, content area instruction, such as science, should provide a meaningful learning environment for English language and literacy development. At the same time, improving English skills should provide the medium for understanding academic content. In reality, however, ELL stude...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A090281
Grant
Lens on Science: Development and Validation of a Computer-Administered, Adaptive, IRT-Based Science Assessment for Preschool Children
Recent emphasis has been placed on science as a school readiness domain. However, an obstacle to conducting research and evaluation on early childhood science programs is the lack of appropriate, reliable, and valid direct assessments of children's science knowledge and process skills. This measurement project will fill the need for a reliable and valid direct assessment of preschool children's science. A collaborative team from the University of Miami, the Miami-Dade County Head Start/Early...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A090502
FY2011 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2011 IES Research Peer Review Panel
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