Types of Assessment
Terminology
Eligibility Criteria
Assessment for Instruction
Potpourri
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Provides a comparison of students' performance to that of the average performance of others of the same grade or age
What is a norm-referenced test?
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The number correct on an assessment
What is the raw score?
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To be labeled this, a student meets criteria in 3 areas: intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, and academic functioning.
What is cognitive disability?
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Examples of this type of assessment include class work, practice exercises, and homework.
What is formative assessment?
200
This type of assessment compares a student's performance to an objective or standard.
What is a criterion referenced test?
200
The way the scores would fall if everyone in the population took the test.
What is normal distribution?
200
Assessments must be aligned with these two components.
What are Objectives and Instruction?
200
Assessment accommodations should be based on these.
What are the needs of the student?
300
Evaluation of student learning at the end of a unit is typically referred to as this.
What is summative assessment?
300
This refers to variation from the mean.
What is standard deviation?
300
To be considered this, a student must show: insufficient progress, inadequate classroom achievement, and these must not be due to exclusionary factors (environmental, cultural, economic factors; lack of appropriate instruction; another disability; limited English proficiency).
What is specific learning disability?
300
When done well, this is a means teachers use to inform students of their performance and how to improve it.
What is effective feedback?
300
When an assessment measures what it purports to measure, it is called this.
What is validity?
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Raw scores can be turned into standard scores or percentages, which are called scores of _________ ________, which allow a comparison of a student to other students.
What are relative standing?
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What is repeated measurement of academic performance to inform instruction of individual students in general and special education in grades K-8. It is conducted at least monthly to (a) estimate rates of improvement, (b) identify students who are not demonstrating adequate progress and/or (c) compare the efficacy of different forms of instruction to design more effective, individualized instruction.
What progress monitoring?
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