High-stakes testing is designed to hold these people accountable for their own test performance.
What is the individual student?
100
This kind of test is used in elementary, middle, and high school to assess students' creativity, problem-solving ability, and higher-order thinking skills.
What is standardized tests.
100
More than one-third of students with disabilities are this at grade level at least once.
What is retained.
100
Undoubtedly the largest barrier to success is the lack of this to the subject matter and skills tested by large scale assessments.
What is exposure.
100
Students with this are entitled to appropriate accommodations while taking high-stakes tests.
What is Individualized Education Program (IEP).
200
According to data collected this number of states currently use exit exams as a condition of getting a standard high school diploma.
What is 26?
200
This test is a set of statewide assessments given in Tennessee starting in 3rd grade to measure students' skills and progress.
What is TCAP (Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program).
200
Students with disabilities fail large-scale tests at higher rates than other students causing this to happen.
What is drop out?
200
State accountability systems indicate that states with high school graduation tests tend to place students with disabilities in this type setting.
What is more restrictive.
200
This accommodation can be made for the student if they are distracted easily or could cause distractions for the other students taking the test.
What is taking the test in a separate room.
300
This number of states now require students to pass standardized tests as a condition of grade-to-grade promotion.
What is 17?
300
These tests are given during high school and are used for entrance into college.
What are ACT (American College Testing) and SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) tests.
300
To compensate students with disabilities who fail high school graduation tests, many states are developing one or more of these.
What is alternative diplomas and/or certificates.
300
Federal law requires that students with learning disabilities be provided this in order to participate fully in state and district wide assessment programs.
What is reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids and services.
300
This accommodation can be made if the student struggles with reading and it would take too long for them to read the questions themselves.
What is listening to an adult read the instructions or test questions.
400
This Federal special education law requires states and school districts to include students with disabilities in large-scale assessments.
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
400
This kind of high-stakes test is given your senior year in high school and you must pass it if you wish to graduate.
What is an exit exam.
400
Research on retention and drop out rates show that as adults these students are more likely to be this than those who did not repeat or drop out.
What is unemployed, living on public assistance, or in prison?
400
These are the people that determine what accommodations a student needs when taking a high-stakes assessment.
What is the student's IEP team.
400
This accommodation can be made if a student has dyslexia and can't read all the questions in a timely manner to finish the exam.
What is receive extended testing time?
500
The piece of legislation requires schools to include students with disabilities in several assessments of student performance and to separate out the performance data into subgroups, including special education students, so that the public will know if schools are providing adequate progress to low performing groups of students.
What is NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act)?
500
This is necessary when deciding which tests to give students with disabilities.
What is validity.
500
Some students with disabilities may even be encouraged to leave school and pursue alternative routes such as this.
What is GED (General Educational Development) exam.
500
Students with disabilities perform poorly on these tests when compared to their non-disabled peers and because of such leaves a negative impact on the student.
What is standardized tests.
500
These are changes made to testing materials and procedures that can help to "level the playing field" for children with disabilities.