Why PBIs? Pattern Based Items are the ultimate solution for standardized testing headaches. PBIs beat the competition by providing: 1) More information – The patterns

NWEA vs. Pattern Based Items Walter Stroup is chair of the department of STEM education and teacher development and an associate professor at the University

What’s a pattern-based item? The first thing you’ll notice, if you sample some, is that there can be more than one right answer to a question.

What Standardized Testing Reform Misses The standardized testing reform debate is framed around two extreme poles. It’s either, “why there can be no changes to