CBA/CBMs
Portfolios are examples of? Name five things that could be in a portfolio
CBA
Writing samples, score reports, teacher notes, behavior tracker, star card
What is progress monitoring?
ongoing evaluation and measurement of overall performance
Name one formal assessment used for eligibility. What is it's purpose?
WCJ, Brigance, WISC
What is a raw score?
The first score obtained in an assessment
List 5 testing accommodations
1. extra time
2. private room
3. scribe
4. earbuds (ADHD)
5. Large print exam
6. reader
Are CBMs formal or informal assessments?
informal because they are not standardized and often teacher made tests
What are distributions?
meaningful arrangements that visually show the relationship between scores
What is an assessment you would administer to a student who is being reevaluated who receives services under the classification of Emotional Behavioral Disability?
WCJ for academics, Vineland II for adaptive skills, classroom observations/FBA, WISC for cognitive abilities
What are two major categories of transformed scores?
criterion and norm referenced
Who administers cognitive assessments?
School psychologists
List a CBA and CBM. How can both of these chosen assessments help inform instruction?
Dibels, portfolios, teacher made assessments, ORF, MAZE
Give you data on what the student needs help in. You bse your lessons on where they struggle
What is the purpose of universal screening?
finds at risk students and finds the level the students are at.
What criteria must a student meet to be eligible for Special Education?
1. The student has a disability mentioned in the UT SpEd Rules
2. The disability must adversely affect the students education performance
3. The student needs special education and related services
How can you best explain to a parent the results of a formal assessment?
Explain the areas the student did well in. Use the parent report in the WCJ. Show them areas they struggled in. Explainwhat you are going to do to help the student and meet their needs
Find the median of these scores:
21, 82, 25, 69, 42, 64, 90, 83
66.5
Define CBM. What do they do?
Curriculum Based Measurement
They are used to help inform instruction in the academic areas the student struggles and does well in.
What is an advantage of CBMs and one advantage of eligibility assessments (Brigance, WCJ)?
assess over a longer period of time
interpret the scores to see what areas (subtests) the student needs more help in
What do achievment tests measure?
burnout, less motivation, student is uncooperative
How many subtests are in the WCJ extended battery? How many WCJ assessments are there?
9 additional subtests in the extended battery
3 tests (achievement, cognitive, oral language)
Formal are standardized, used for determining eligibility, culmination of knowledge learned
Informal: non standardized exam, used for progress monitoring (CBMs, CBAs)
What law says how and when to assess students with disabilities?
IDEA
Explain how decision making relates to assessments and determining eligibility
The decisions teachers make based off of assessment results directly affect the lives of their students
What are norm referenced and criterion referenced scores? give an example of each
Criterion: percentage correct, benchmarks, letter grades
Norm: age, grade
Define intellegence. Do not use the words (IQ, intellegence or cognitive in your answer)