WIDA
What is one of the language domains assessed by WIDA?
Reading, Writing, Speaking or Listening
This type of assessment requires memorization; often referred to as a "paper and pencil" test
Traditional Assessment
What is one tool for evaluating student work?
rubric, checklist, etc.
What is one type of pre-assessment?
Student interviews, home visits, pre-tests, student questionnaires, KWL charts, class discussions, etc.
True or False
RTI stands for Response to Intervention
True
The WIDA standards support which grade level(s)?
K-12
What is one example of a reading assessment?
Running record, DIBELs, story retell, etc.
“The ability of an assessment to measure the knowledge of skills it is intended to measure.”
Validity
What is one purpose of pre-assessment?
Lets you know where students are currently at
Helps connect prior knowledge to new learning
Addresses misconceptions and/or gaps in understandings
Adapts lessons to enhance meaning for students
True or False? It is not possible to differentiate assessment.
False
True or False? The WIDA ACCESS does not allow any modifications or accommodations.
False
This type of assessment helps students learn and practice. It is provided throughout the quarter to assess gaps and improve student learning.
Example: observations, exit tickets
Formative Assessment
“The power of an assessment to gather consistent evidence of skills, regardless of the examiner, time, place, or other variables related to its administration”
Reliability
"The knowledge, skills, and background experiences that each individual student brings to the classroom"
Funds of Knowledge
True or False?
Modifications directly alter the curriculum. Accommodations affect the way a student accesses the curriculum.
What is the difference between interpretive and expressive language?
Interpretive language refers to the ability to understand. (i.e. reading & listening)
Expressive language refers to the ability to communicate. (i.e. writing & speaking)
Assessment at the end of an instructional period.
Example: final essay, end-of-the-unit exam
Summative assessment
When one or more items on a test offend or unfairly penalize students because of those students’ personal characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, or religion.
Assessment Bias
What word describes structured support given early to prevent further academic difficulty?
Intervention
True or False?
For multilingual learners who have identified disabilities, their special education services supersede their language development services.
False
What are the 6 levels of the WIDA English Proficiency?
1. Entering
2. Emerging
3. Developing
4. Expanding
5. Bridging
6. Reaching
Performance-based assessments that involve real-world problem solving that allows learners to demonstrate their skills by applying them.
Authentic Assessment
A structured framework used to set clear, actionable, attainable, relevant, and time-oriented objectives based on student assessment data.
SMART Goals
This type of assessment is given before instruction to guide planning. It is a low-stakes, pre-instruction tool used to identify students' current knowledge, skills, strengths, and weaknesses before a lesson or unit begins.
Diagnostic assessment
All Multi-Tiered Support Systems require continuous screening and data-based decision-making.
True