Types of Assessments
What is one core academic area in Curriculum-Based Measurement?
Math, reading, or writing.
What form of assessment should teachers use? Summative or formative?
Both
Standardized tests are considered "___________"
"High-stakes."
Name three accommodations.
Extended time, having a test reader, larger print, sound amplifier, twice read instructions, and alternative location, etc.
How often does a Formative Assessment occur?
Daily.
Who do Portfolio Assessments center on?
Students.
True / False
A mixed format assessment is a text with key words or missing information.
False.
What types of students were not being included in data?
Students with disabilities.
What must be in place for a child to receive accommodation?
IEP or 504 plan
What is a Formative Assessment?
Teachers assess students based off of their interactions.
Board games, matching games, and vocabulary games are examples of what type of assessment?
"Teacher-Friendly" Assessment/Games.
What should a teacher never do in terms of teaching?
Teach to test.
How does Norm-Reference testing rank their students?
From highest score to lowest scores.
What strategy increases proficiency and self confidence in students?
Note taking.
When does Summative Assessment happen?
Assesses student growth over period of time.
What is a Gallery Walk?
Students circulate looking at documents and write responses on a worksheet distributed by the teacher.
Name the three less commonly known Teacher-Made Assessments?
Cloze, mixed format, and co-constructed.
What does NAEP stand for?
National Assessment of Educational Progress.
What do teachers use so that they do not "teach to test"?
Strategy.
What assessment is an ongoing approach?
Formative Assessment.
What are the three steps of Dynamic Assessments?
1) Asking students to do a task and then anazlying it.
2) Teaching students the lessons that goes along with that task.
3) Asking students to repeat the task and evaluating how much they've grown.
What is a co-constructed assessment?
When does a school become "In need of Improvement"?
If AYP is not maintained for two consecutive years.
How can accommodations be useful when taking standardized tests.
Open-ended.
What is the main purpose of assessments?
To know how well students perform.