AS Classroom-Based Assessment

Question 1

Validity

Answer 1

The ability of a test to measure what it says it will.

Question 2

Scaffolded Accommodations

Answer 2

Wait time, tiers, sentence frames.

Question 3

Universal Screener

Answer 3

Assessment administered to all students to gather data and form groups, such as intervention groups.

Question 4

Clarity of Language

Answer 4

Does not contain ambiguous pronouns, words at too high a vocabulary level, or slang terms.

Question 5

Summative Assessments

Answer 5

Examples are state assessments, district benchmarks, semester or 6 weeks tests.

Question 6

Communicated Accommodations

Answer 6

A linguistic accommodations that ensure comprehensible input.

Examples include visuals and TPR - total physical response.

Question 7

Cloze Procedure

Answer 7

Words are omitted from a reading passage and students determine the word that should be used there.

Question 8

Congruent Assessment

Answer 8

Is an assessment that tests the learning outcomes described in the learning objectives.

Question 9

Sequenced Accommodations

Answer 9

Is a linguistic accommodations that provide differentiated Instruction.

Examples include supplementary materials and pre-teaching vocabulary.

Question 10

Reliability

Answer 10

Are exams produce the same scores when given in the same conditions.

Question 11

Linguistic Accommodated Testing (LAT)

Answer 11

Are testing accommodations used for the various content area tests.

Question 12

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Answer 12

Is a 2002 federal law.

Question 13

Criterion-Referenced Tests

Answer 13

Tests in which a standard has been set for the test taker to achieve in order to pass the test.

Question 14

Formative Assessments

Answer 14

Assessment for learning - usually mid-instruction.

Question 15

Norm-Referenced Tests

Answer 15

IQ tests