A $200,000 Department of Education grant will help a team of researchers, led by a College of Education faculty member, make their already successful diagnostic tool easier for teachers to put test results into action.
The Multiple-Choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment, also known as MOCCA, tests students in grades 3 through 6 on reading comprehension, then shows teachers not only which are having difficulty but zeroes in on precisely what aspect of reading they are having a hard time with.