Assessment Flashcards
Universal Screener
Used to gather data on all students. The purpose is typically to put students into groups, such as intervention groups
Diagnostic Assessment
Sometimes known as a pre-assessment, is used to identify students’ specific strengths and weaknesses.
Criterion-referenced assessments
Compare student performance to a predetermined standard, which is a criteria. Scores on these types of tests come in the form of a percentage. Tests administered at the end of an instructional unit and state achievement tests are common examples
Norm-referenced assessments
Compare students to each other and rank them according to performance. Scores on these types of tests come in the form of a percentile, grade-level equivalency, or stanine using a normal bell-shaped curve
Progress Monitoring
Periodic assessments given to keep track of student growth toward a specific goal or objective
Curriculum Based Assessment
Measures student progress using materials taken directly from the curriculum
Performance Based Assessment
Students apply knowledge or skills to complete a process or create a product
Portfolio
Collection of student work to show growth over time
Exit Slip
Short response completed and submitted at the end of a lesson
Code-based instruction
believes that students need to learn phonics and phonemic concepts in order to decode words
Meaning-based instruction
argues that readers need context to decode words
Code Based Assessment Strategies
high-frequency sight word lists
word pattern surveys
pseudoword assessments
phonics inventories
writing samples
spelling inventories
syllabication surveys
Meaning-Based Assessment Strategies
oral retellings
written responses
text-based questioning
Tools for Phonics and Word Analysis Assessments
Nonsense/pseudoword assessments
connected text
word list
Strategies for phonics support
- Word sorts
- Direct phonics instruction
- Chants and read alouds (students must be able to SEE the words for phonics practice, not just hear the sounds)
