Assessment and Instruction Flashcards

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Standardized assesments

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published assessment instruments which have standardized questions or criteria and are administered in a consistent manner

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Two types of standardized exams?

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norm-referenced and criterion-referenced

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Norm-referenced assesments

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measure an individual student against a group of other test-takers

typically reported in percentile ranking or as grade-equivalent scores

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Percentile

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Score that shows where a student ranks in comparison to ninety-nine other students

ex: a percentile of 81 means that the student in question has preformed equal to or outperformed eighty-one out of the other ninety-nine students who took the test

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Grade-equivalent scores

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provide results as a grade level, meaning that the student’s performance is equal to the median performance corresponding to other students of a certain grade level

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Achievement tests

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such as Iowa Test of Basic Skill (ITBS) and The Peabody Individual Achievement Test measure what skills a student has mastered

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Aptitude Test

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measure leaned abilities like the SAT or ACT

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Criterion-referenced tests

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measure an individual’s performance as it relates to a predetermined benchmark or criteria

this can be those created by teacher, publisher, or state

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Standards-referenced testing / standards based test assesment

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measure a students performance against certain content standards as defined by each grade level and subject and are typically score in categories like basic, proficient, advanced

ex: Annual state accountability tests, STAAR, PARCC (readingness for college)

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Formal assesments

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refer to test results that re reported in either a percentile or percentage format

ex: standardized tests, chapter or unit tests, end of course exams

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Informal assessments

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evaluate students outside of the traditional written test format and help give a more complete picture of ingoing process

ex: observation, projects, presentations, oral check

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Formative assessment

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ongoing monitoring of student progress towards learning objectives

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Summative assessment

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designed to evaluate student learning at end of a unit

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Benchmark assessment

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which is more formal that a formative but not as high stakes as a summative sometimes called interm assesment (check progress)

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Authentic assessment

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measures the student’s ability to use knowledge in a direct relevant, and real-world way

ex: resume workshop

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Diagnostic assessments

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are use to determine what students already know

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Peer assessment

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evaluation of student work by peers (offer specific feedback to partner)

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Multiple-perspective assessment

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used during cooperative learning activities involves collaboration of student, teacher, peers

ex: combination of teacher eval, peer assessment, and student self assesment

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When assessing writing skills what is a good thing to always have?

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A rubric

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Rubric

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assessment tools where teacher asssgn score to projects/merits

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There are two kinds of rubrics?

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Holistic and Analytic

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Holistic rubrics

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provide a grade based on the overall effectiveness of the product

ex: grade based on effectiveness of argument

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Analytic

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break the product down so that points are assigned by component part

more useful that holistic

ex; seperatley score thesis, argument, etc.

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Writing conferences

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good for student feedback on their work

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Portfolios

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good to see student work and growth over time

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Content area standards

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identify what students are supposed o learn throughout a given time period in a subject area

content area learning tied to this

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Content objectives

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identify what students should be able to do at the end of a content area lesson and are related to the key concepts being taught

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Language objectives

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describe how students will learn and or demonstrate their mastery of materials by reading writing speaking or listening

emphasize communicative skills of speaking and writing without neglecting reading or listening

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Cognitive Strategies

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help students remember and organize both content and language learning information, there are 5 types

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5 types of cogntive strategies

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Comprehension, Writing, Problem-solving, Reasoning, Self-regulation

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Comprehension strategies

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helps students remember and understand content

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Writing stategies

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helps students complete unstructured tasks and importance of planning and organizing ideas

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Problem-solving strategies

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help students see ways in which they can achieve a specific goal

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Reasoning strategies

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helps students determine what they believe to be true or false correct or incorrect

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Self-regulation strategies

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helps students monitor behaviors

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Metacognitive strategies

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are those that focus on thinking a about thinking involve knowledge of once own though process

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6 Metacognitive strategies

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Identifying what is know and not, Planning, Keeping a though journal

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Identifying what is known and what is not

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students recognize prior learning and then move forward in determing what they don’t know what they need clarification on what knowledge has stuck with them

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Planning

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estimating time a task will take, organizng materials, etc

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Keeping a though journal

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logging own thoughts in journal

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talking about thinking

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model for students but reflecting on ones thinking

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self-evaluating

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checklists, conferences, student sees how to eval themselves

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debriefing

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implements awareness at closure

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Always good to introduce vocabulary before content

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TRUE

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How to activate prior knowledge?

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vocab, graphic organizers, brainstorming, asking questions

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Second language acquistion

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occurs through a series of stages (5 stages)

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5 stages of Second language acquistion

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Pre-production (silent) period, Early production, Speech Emergence, Intermediate fluency, Advanced fluency

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Pre-production (silent) period

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Listen and copy words, respond to visual cues like gestures/pics, may refrain from speaking

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Early production

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learners achieve a 1000 word receptive and active vocab and can produce single word and two-three word phrases and respond to questions

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Speech emergence

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learners have a vocabulary of about 3000
they are able to chunk simple words and phrases into sentences that may or may not be gramatically correct

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Intermediate fluency

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Learners have a vocab about 6000
can speak in more complex sentences and catch and correct many of their errors
HAVE LARGES GAPS IN GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX

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Advanced fluecny

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learners achieve cognitive language proficiency in their learned language

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Interlanguage

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is the learners current understanding of the languge they are learning

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Fossilization

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is the point in second langugae acquisition when a learners growth freezes and development becomes unlieky

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Parroting

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student will repeat what they hear

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Transfer

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occurs when a student applies applies knowledge of a first language to another and can be + or -

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Positive transfer

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when students find similarities between native language and learning languagae

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Cognates

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visually similar words that like comprehend and comprender

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False cognates

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Look the same mean different “embarrased and emabarazada”

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Negative transfer/interference

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when student incorrectly applies rules of one language to another

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code-switching

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mix in words of first language with second

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English Language Proficiency Standards (ELP)

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help students develop language proficiencies across multiple subject areas and school enviornment

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Sheltered classes

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focus on content area and EL learning with an emphasis on developing langugae objective in cojunction with content area proficiency

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lesson modification and strategies for ELs

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pictures, eliminating portions where background knowledge need, peer tutors, pre teaching core vocab

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Phonemic Awareness

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english phonemes should be explicity taught this includes Systematic Phonics Instruction

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Systematic Phonics Instruction

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two step process:
- teachers must give ELLs the tools to sound outs words

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Important Acts related to disabilities

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965 (ESEA), Individuals with Disabilties Education Act (IDEA), No Child Left Behined (NCLB), Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)

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(Indivudals with Disabilites in Education Act (IDEA)

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supports early intervention services for students and famileis

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THERE ARE SIX FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

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IDEA PRINCIPLES

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Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Appropriate and nondiscriminatory evaluation, Individualized Education Program (IEP)), Least Restrictive Enviorment (LRE), parent and teacher particpation, procedualr safeguards

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Individualized Education Program (IEP)

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legal document developed by IEP TEAM (educator, special educator, admin, services) presents levels of performance and goals and related services and special instruction

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Least Restrictive Enviorment

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learning alongside nondisable peers as much as possible

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IDEA 2004 included what?

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504 plan

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504 plan

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if they do not qualify for IEP can do 504 and more form accomodation no age limits and through schools college work

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Characteristics of Reading Difficulties and Disabilties

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Specific word-reading difficulties (SWD), Specific reading comprehension difficulties (SRCD), and Mixed reading difficulties (MRD)

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Reading Disabilities

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are diagnose learning disabilities and includes: phonological deficiency and language based learning disability (LBLD),

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phonological deficiency

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occurs when students struggles with word recognition due to weak phonological processing

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language based learning disability (LBLD)

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a type of phonological deficiency like dyslexia

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Processing speed/orthographic processing deficits

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occur when students do not read quickly or accuratley

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Specific comprehension deficits

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describe challenges with vocab and language learning and can co-occur with other conditions like autism

ex: hyperlexia

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Scaffolding

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refers to the supports used by teacher during classroom activites

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Shaping

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refers to provide incremental reinforcers in instructing students

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PQ4R method

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students preview reading material, generate questions, read/recite story LIKE SQ3R method

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Accomodations

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are changes to materials or instructional methodologies that allow students to learn alongside peers

material (text speech software) v instructional (implementing frequent review)

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Modifications

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listed on IEP include changes like reduced number of questions or different grading criteria