Trends in Assessment
Formal Assessment
Informal Assessment
Grab Bag
100
assessment in which students identify and discuss integral parts of a story
What is retelling?
100
consistency of test results over time and administration.
What is reliability?
100
an informal assessment by classroom teachers to document growth in learning by watching and recording students behaviors.
What is kidwatching?
100
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What is meow
200
the practice of using a single test score for making education related decisions
What is high stakes testing?
200
a formal test of reading ability administered according to specific, unvarying directions; usually norm-referenced and machine scored
What is standardized reading tests?
200
a method for marking miscues of beginning readers while they read
What is a running record?
300
asking students to perform tasks that demonstrate sufficient knowledge and understanding of a subject
What is authentic assessment?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! What are two types of formal tests?
What are norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests?
300
an individually administered normal test, usually consisting of graded word lists, graded reading passage and comprehension question that assess how students orally and silently interact with print
What is informal reading inventory?
400
gathering information for teachers to adapt instruction to meet students needs
What is formative assessment?
400
formal assessment intended to provide detailed information about individual students strengths and weaknesses.
What is a diagnostic test?
400
an assessment that includes a series of oral reading skill assessments. Short measures are used to monitor early literacy skills and provide feedback to inform instruction.
What is Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills?
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