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Assessment

The process of gathering information to monitor progress and to make educational decisions when necessary

100

High-stakes test

Are assessments designed to measure whether students have attained learning standards. 

100

Testing Accommodations 

Common accommodations include changing the setting of the test, chnag8ing the timing of the test, changing the response format, and changing the presentation format. 

100

Probes of Basic Academic Skills

Probes are quick and easy measures of students' performance in the basic skills areas of reading, math, and written expressions. 

200

Screening 

Involves the decision about whether a student's performance differs enough from that of his or her peers to merit changes in instructions. 

200

Standardized Achievement Test 

Another common source of information for making educational decisions is standardized achievement tests. 

200

Alternate Assessments 

Usually for students with disability who typically work on a more individualized curriculum and do not have to meet the same requirement. 

200

Curriculum-based Assessment 

An effective option in that many instances can be an alternative to standard tests. 

300

Diagnosis 

Concerns eligibility for special education services. 

300

Group-Administered Tests 

Two major types of standardized achievements tests are group-administered and individually administered diagnostic tests. 

300

Eligibility Requirement 

The decision to give an alternative assessment should not be based on whether the student is expected to do poorly but rather based on the severity of the student's disability. 

300

Curriculum based measurements

A particular time of curriculum-based assessments. 

400

Program Placement 

Decisions involve the setting in which the student's special education services take place.  

400

Individually Administered tests. 

Tests may screen students' performance interval curricular areas, they tend to be more diagnostic in nature. 

400

The focus of the Assessments

Based on students age

400

Probes of Reading Skills 

The critical reading skills in the elementary years include phonemic awarenesses, letter sounds, word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension. 

500

Program Evaluation 

Decisions involve whether a student's special education program should be canceled, continued as is, or modified. 

500

Psychological Tests 

Psychological tests are used are part of the process of evaluating students with special needs, particularly to determine whether a student has inellual or learning disabiblities. 

500

How is the assessments aligned? 

The skills assessed should have a meaningful relationship to content areas covered by the standard such as reading and math. 

500

Skill Mastery and Curriculum Placement 

Inclusive education involves the use of a variety of instructional grouping arrangements.