The Basics
"[T]he process of gathering information about children from several forms of evidence, then organizing and interpreting that information"
What is assessment?
The type of test that measures abilities, achievements, aptitudes, interests, values, or personality characteristics.
What is a standardized test?
The use of observation, learning tasks, and other naturally occurring events to gather information about a child.
What is informal assessment?
Type of test that provides information on how an individual's performance compares with that of others.
What is a norm-referenced test?
The process of systematically collecting and using data to identify the strengths and needs of children and then applying this information to plan appropriate learning experiences.
What is data-driven decision making?
Purpose(s) for conducting an assessment.
What is (at least one of the following): to evaluate, to diagnosis, to determine placement, for program planning, to guide curriculum, conduct research?
The test administered when a child is at one and five minutes after birth that measures the heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, body color, and reflex irritability.
What is the APGAR Scale?
Evaluation typically conducted at the BEGINNING of the year that gives a teacher a starting place for planning learning activities.
What is preassessment?
Type of test designed to measure the results of instruction that provides information on how an individual performed on some standard or objective.
What is a criterion-referenced test?
A record of children's learning and development is collected through this.
What is documentation?
The program designed in the 1950s to reduce the disparity in achievement between lower and middle-class preschool-aged children.
What is Head Start?
These types of tests provide a snapshot of a child's development.
What is a screener?
Type of assessment used as a way to monitor a child's on-going progress.
What is formative assessment?
The normal distribution of test scores for norm-referenced assessments is traditionally represented by this shape.
What is the bell curve or normal curve?
The practice of curriculum development and documentation was highly influenced by which early childhood program based in Italy.
What is Reggio Emilia?
A term that refers to the provision of early intervention and special education services in a child's most natural environment.
What is inclusion?
Type of assessment used at the end of a cycle of instructional experiences to determine mastery of content or skills.
What is summative assessment?
An example of misapplication of test results for young children.
Anecdotal notes, indicators of dispositions, and developmental checklists are examples of documentation gathered through the use of this.
What is observation?
Group of students who are most impacted by assessment decisions that lead to bias, overidentification for special education services, and disproportionality due to language differences.
Who are ELL students? OR Who are second-language learners?
When selecting and evaluating standardized tests, one must consider this.
What is: 1) the purpose of the test, 2) the characteristics to be measured, 3) how the test results will be used, 4) the qualifications of the person interpreting the results, 5) practical contraints, 6) the costs involved, 7) testing time, OR 8) ease of scoring and using test results?
The standards used by early childhood educators in Florida to guide curriculum and assessment.
What are the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards?
The name of the law passed in the mid 2000s that required for all students to be assessed regardless of their special needs.
What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
The process where one or more assessments are completed to determine how to group children for instructional needs.
What is placement evaluation?