Formative Assessment Delivery System (FADS)

该项目使用新的心理测量技术来创建一个技术工具，可以评估学生在第4 - 8数学和科学教室如何应对复杂的性能任务。它将扩展许多年前由研究者发起的课堂评估的研究方向，该工具的目的是改善教师在数学和科学方面的教学。它将产生实时的教学需求个性化诊断，以帮助教师计划教学，特别是解决每个学生的学习需求，在该类。 Wilson多年来一直致力于相关技术的研究，在这个项目中，他将使用两个实验课程，密歇根大学和西北大学的IQWST科学课程，以及范德比尔特大学的CDMW数据分析项目。

This project uses new psychometric techniques to create a technological tool that could evaluate how well students in the 4th-8th mathematics and science classrooms respond to complex performance tasks. It will extend a research direction begun many years ago on classroom assessment initiated by the investigator.The purpose of this tool is to improve the instruction of teachers in mathematics and science. It will produce real-time individualized diagnoses of instructional needs to help teachers plan instruction that specifically addresses the learning needs of each student in that class. Wilson has been working on related techniques for a number of years and in this project will work with two experimental curricula, the IQWST science curriculum from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and the CDMW data analysis project from Vanderbilt University.