Types of Tests
Compares your client's performance to that of a larger group.
What is a norm-referenced test?
The test measures what it says it is going to measure
What is validity?
What is reliability?
Number of errors or number of correct items
What is a raw score?
you have an expectation about pragmatics or about communication style (language and social etiquette ex: eye contact)
What is situational bias?
An individual's performance is compared to whether skills are present (competency based)
What is a criterion-referenced test?
-The test appears to test the idea it claims to test
-This validity is superficial
-Any person without training could look at the test and say it is valid
What is face validity?
The scores will be relatively the same even if the client takes the test multiple times
What is test-retest reliability?
Converted from the raw score so that you can see the performance on a bell curve
What is a standard score?
test responses require moral/ethical judgements that are not your own
What is value bias?
-Identifies what a client can and cannot do
-Contextualized test stimuli
-Test environment is more realistic and natural
What is an authentic assessment?
The test content should contain the full range of ideas in a concept
What is content validity?
What is split-half reliability?
percentage of people scoring the same or less than others in the normed group
What is a percentile rank?
the child misinterpreted the directions
What is directions bias?
-Form of Authentic Assessment
-Test-teach-retest method
What is a dynamic assessment?
The test measures a theoretical explanation created by researchers, which is based on observation.
What is construct validity?
What is intra-rater reliability?
raw, average score for a certain age or grade
What is age/grade score?
the test administration is not in the child’s primary language or dialect (tests are commonly Standard American English but not everyone speaks using SAE)
What is linguistic bias?
The most natural type of testing
What is authentic assessment?
Validity established by using external standards or principles
What is criterion validity?
Different people score the same administration of a test the same way.
What is inter-rater reliability?
9-unit rank similar to percentile rank
What is a stanine?
the way the test is formatted or some of the stimuli are unfamiliar (ex: having a kid describe a zoo picture when they have never been to one)
What is format/Stimulus bias?