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Assessment
Process of gathering information to monitor progress and to make educational decisions when necessary
Instructional evaluation
Involve whether to continue or change instructional procedures that have been initiated with students. These decisions are made by carefully monitoring student progress
Testing accommodations
Includes changing the setting of the test the timing of the test and response format.
Probes
Quick easy measures of student performance in basic skill areas of reading math and written expression
Sceening
Involves the decision about whether a student's performance differs enough from that of his and her peers to merit changes in instruction
Program Evaluation
Deciding whether a students special ed. should be terminated, continued as is, or modified.
Alternate assessments
Students with disabilities who typically work on a more individualized curriculum.
Curriculum-based measurement
An emphasis on general indicators and basic skills
Diagnosis
concerns eligibility for special education services
High Stakes Tests
Assessments designed to measure whether students have attained learning standards. Compares student performance to a specific level.
Districts eligibility requirements
Not based on whether the student is expected to do poorly on the general education assessment
Curriculum-based assessment
Option that in many instances can be an alternative to standardized test
Program Placement
Involves the setting in which a student's special education services take place.
Standardized Achievement Tests
Tests designed to measure academic progress, or what students have retained from the curriculum.
Focus of the assessment
The community means different things like schools playgrounds or homes.
Assessments of pre-requisite skills
Identify critical constant learning entry-level content or skills needed develop a measure to assess skills and administer the measure.
Instructional Evaluation
Involves whether to continue or change instructional procedures that have been initiated with students.
Psychological Tests
includes intelligence tests and tests related to learning disabilities. the purpose is to measure abilities that affect how efficiently students can learn in a institutional situation.
State Standards
A meaningful relationship to Contin areas covered by the standards such as reading and math.
Curriculum-based probes to make special-education decisions
Peer comparison and screening fluency and accuracy in diagnosis skilled mastery and curriculum placement and monitoring student progress and instructional evaluation.