Found descriptions/examples of this in a number of places. Also called Progress Monitoring and Curriculum based assessment (CBA).

1. First found this as a reference in the NCLB Teachers Toolkit in a 1994 Article by Fuch's et al.
2. NECC paper on a Web based CBM
3. Deno, S. L. (1985). Curriculum-based measurement: The emerging alternative.

Exceptional Children, 52, 219-232.

• Salvia, J., & Ysseldyke, J. E. (1991). Assessment (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
• Shinn, M. R., & Good, R. H. (1993). CBA: An assessment of its current status and a prognosis for its future. In J. Kramer (Ed.), Curriculum-based measurement (pp. 139-178). Linclon, NE: Buros Institute for Mental Measurements.

Not sure whether this will fit but is a potentially interesting tangent on the use of data.

Linking Data and Learning: The Grow Network Study. By: Brunner, Cornelia; Fasca, Chad; Heinze, Juliette; Honey, Margaret; Light, Daniel; Mardinach, Ellen; Wexler, Dara. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Jul2005, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p241, 27p-267; DOI: 10.1207/s15327671espr1003_2; (AN 17137062) Link

Using Data Mining to Identify Actionable Information: Breaking New Ground in Data-Driven Decision Making. By: Streifer, Philip A.; Schumann, Jeffrey A.. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Jul2005, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p281, 13p-293; DOI: 10.1207/s15327671espr1003_4; (AN 17137061) Link