TESTS
What is the assessment of learning versus assessment for learning?
Summative
Name the two types/methods of assessments
Formal and informal
Name 2 types of formal assessments.
norm-referenced and standards (criterion)-bases- criterion referenced
If a student scores on the 56th percentile, how many students did he/she score better than?
56% (44% scored below this student)
What method of test focus on numbers, amounts, and frequencies rather than on meaning, and experience?
Quantitative
What type of test is administered frequently and incorporated into classroom practice?
Formative
Name the two types of Assessments (think of how the data is reported)?
Quantitative and Qualitative
What is the term that relates to the distribution in relationship to the mean?
Standard Deviation
What stanines are generally considered below average?
1-3
What method investigates the why and how of a behavior? Examples: case studies, observations and interviews)
Qualitative
What type of test is considered a formative assessment but always occurs before instruction?
Diagnostic Test
Two parts: What refers to the average of a set of numbers? What refers to the middle score in a list?
mean
median
What type of test is the Smarter Balanced Test?
Standards or Criterion- based
What stanines are considered average?
4-6
What assessment uses both qualitative and quantitative data and can be categorized as a diagnostic, formative or summative assessment?
Running Records
What type of test provides more in-depth information about a reader?
Diagnostic
What method of tests are not intended to provide a comparison to a broader group of students?
Informal
What type of test uses statistical measures such as raw scores and stanine?
Norm-referenced Assessment
What stanines are considered above average?
7-9
What does DIBELS stand for?
Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills
Name the four categories/purposes of assessments?
Screening, Diagnostic, Progress Monitoring (Formative) and Summative
What method of test involves standardized administration, norms and formal interpretive procedure?
Formal Assessments
What type of test are GRADE and DIBELS?
Norm-referenced
What term refers to the four levels such as advanced, proficient, needs improvement and warning and have a cut score for each level?
Performance level
What test is a universal screener, quantitative, summative but not diagnostic?
DIBELS