Assessment, Instruction and Mathematics in Kindergarten Classrooms (AIM)
What We Do
This study examines how kindergarten teachers use math assessments to guide instruction and support kindergarten learning gains.
Project Info
Project Status: July 2019 – June 2025
Funding Source: US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences
CASTL researchers are taking a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative site visits and interviews with rigorous surveys, assessments and observations. The results will help researchers understand what sources of information are most useful to teachers, how teachers use assessments to differentiate instruction, and what the barriers are to using assessments effectively. In collaboration with the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program, the researchers are currently recruiting divisions and teachers to begin large-scale data collection in the 2022-2023 school year.