General Assessment
To diagnose, for intervention, and re-evaluation.
Why do we assess students?
Large-scale tests administered to large populations of students.
What is a Standardized assessment?
Measurement of learning and/or ability in a wide variety of areas and skills. Scores may be presented as an IQ, as a mental age, or on a scale.
What is intelligence testing?
Reduces the need for special education services and decreases the number of students identified as SpEd.
What is EIS - early intervention services?
This can be started by a parent or a teacher.
What is the referral process?
Testing for disabilities, usually for referral.
What is diagnosis?
A wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of students during a lesson.
What is Formative Assessment?
A test across multiple areas that gives us a good, broad picture of where the student is at for their grade level.
What is achievement testing?
A 3 tiered approach that specializes instruction for students.
What is RTI - response to intervention?
Interviews, observations, previous history, and what tests to administer.
What is the evaluation plan made of?
We assess so we know a starting point, what the plan is, and where we need to go.
What is Intervention assessing?
Used to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
What is summative assessment?
Assessing focused on how a student functions in various environments.
What is Social and Behavioral assessment?
When RTI doesn't work.
When can a teacher initiates the referral process?
60 days.
How long between consent and evaluation?
How we determine if a student is meeting their goals and highlights progress or changes that need to be made in services.
What is re-evaluation assessing?
A method of measuring the performance of a student that cannot participate in standardized assessment.
What is alternate assessment?
Used to identify an individual's specific areas of weakness and strength in targeted content areas in order determine possible solutions/instructions.
What is diagnostic testing?
Accommodations offered without specialized instruction.
What is a 504?
The team that participates in the evaluation.
What is the MDT - multidisciplinary team?
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A method teachers use to find out how students are progressing in basic academic areas such as math, reading, writing, and spelling.
What are curriculum-based measurements?
Used to gauge effectiveness of teaching strategies or instruction is.
What is progress monitoring?
Plays a strong role in the learning process for a student.
What is classroom environment?