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Dr. Audra Kosh

Dr. Audra Kosh began her career in education as an eighth-grade math teacher. After transitioning out of the classroom to pursue her passion for research, Audra completed a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences with a focus on educational measurement and mathematics education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Now working as a Research Scientist at Edmentum, Audra does psychometric analyses and assessment research for Edmentum’s suite of assessments.

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4 Quick Tips for Parents: Administering the Exact Path Diagnostic

As a parent, you probably have noticed that some of the ways in which schools do things now are different from when you were in school.

Two Exciting Research-Based Enhancements to the Exact Path Diagnostic

Our Research team is always working to provide cutting-edge enhancements to Edmentum’s learning and assessment tools.

5 Tips for Administering the Exact Path Diagnostic

Taking a few minutes to set up the right testing environment and talking to your students about the diagnostic can increase the validity of results, leading to even more meaningful data to drive instruction. Check out our five tips to make the most of your Exact Path diagnostic administration!

5 Things to Know About Recent Exact Path Research in Indiana

[Assessment Literacy Video Series] Measuring Growth

Our assessment literacy video series aims to demystify, unpack, and connect assessment concepts and principles to help you make more sense out of your assessment data.

[Assessment Literacy Video Series] Cut Scores and PLDs Explained

This assessment literacy video will break down two important concepts that will help you understand these classifications: performance level descriptors and cut scores.

[Assessment Literacy Video Series] Formative and Summative Assessments

There are lots of different ways to assess student learning, and establishing some common vocabulary provides a framework for identifying the most appropriate ways to use assessment as a part of quality instruction. Two of the most common types are formative assessment and summative assessment. Let’s break those down!

[Assessment Literacy Video Series] Breaking Down Standard Error of Measurement

Whenever we use instruments to measure things, whether it’s a yardstick to measure height, a clock to measure drive time, or a test to measure student ability, there is some amount of noise that can result in slightly different measurements each time. That noise is called measurement error. In educational testing, this measurement error is more often referred to as the standard error of measurement—abbreviated “SEM.”