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What is a norm-referenced test?

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a test that compares an individual’s performance to the average group’s performance. This group is the normative group

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What question do norm-refererenced tests answer?

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“How does my client compare to the average?”

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What is a criterion referenced test?

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a test that compares an individual’s performance to an expected level of performance based on age or level education

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What question do criterion-referenced tests answer?

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“How does my client compare to an expected level of performance?”

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What is an authentic assessment/alternative assessment/nontraditional assessment approach?

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A test that measures what a client can and cannot do based on context, such as observing a client in a real-life situation

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What are examples of alternative assessment approaches?

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language sampling, audiotaping, videotaping, real-life simulations, self-monitoring and self-assessment, structured symbolic play

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What is validity?

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Test claims to measure what it is supposed to measure

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What is reliability?

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test results can be reproduced

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What are standardized tests?

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tests that give standard procedures for administering and scoring the test

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What are the three psychometric principles?

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validity, reliability, and standardization

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What is a dynamic assessment?

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an informal assessment used to determine an individual’s potential to learn language

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Which assessment method is typically used to distinguish disorder from difference?

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dynamic assessment

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Which assessment method uses the test, teach, and retest method?

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dynamic assessment

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What makes an assessment informal?

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the procedures are not statistically based and there’s no established reliability or validity.

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nWhat are features of a formal assessment?

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consistent procedures; established reliability and validity; empircally or scientifically developed

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Standardized does not mean _____

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norm referenced

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What are the pros of norm referenced tests?

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eliminates administrator implicit bias, clear cut offs that you can interpret more easily, can be given to multiple clients; easy to administer, objective, other professionals and insurance companies recognize them, allows for comparison, time-efficient, necessary for eligibility

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What are the cons of norm refernced tests?

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Normative sample could be biasing for the client; limited and decontextualized; administration rules and test directions and test scoring allow for no flexibility

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What are the pros of criterion referenced tests?

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allows for comparison; specific to the age or developmental stage of an individual

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What are the cons of criterion referenced tests?

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criteria may not be up to date; may not be developmentally appropriate; decontextualized/limited;

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What are the pros of interviews?

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incorporates multiple perspectives, especially from individuals who know the client; can record detailed and client specific information; highly contextualized; can be done anywhere; naturalistic - the realest version of a client’s language

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What are the cons of interviews?

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potential of conflicting viewpoints from individuals who are participating in the interview; time consuming, tough to schedule, language barrier may be present; impacted by implicit biases; may not get all the information you need for an assessment

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What are the pros of observations?

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incorporates multiple perspectives, particularly from individuals who know the client; can capture detail and client specific information; highly contextualized; naturalistic; spontaneous; can be done anywhere

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What are the cons of observations?

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time consuming; can’t use it for eligibility; not reliable; cannot elicit behavior you want to see because you’re in the person’s natural environment; behavior impacted by presence of the evaluator; can be more difficult to do with children than with adults

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What are the four types of reliability?

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test-retest reliability, split-half reliability, rater reliability, and alternate form reliability

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What is test-retest reliability?

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the test results are the same when the same person takes the same test at different points in time.

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What is split-half reliability?

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one half of the test is of equal weight compared to the second half

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What is rater reliability?

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the reliability of the test administrator to administer and score a test correctly

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What are the two subtypes of rater reliability?

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intra-rater reliability and inter-rater reliability

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What is inter-rater reliability?

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the reliablity of an administrator’s scoring of a test compared to other administrators’s scoring of the same test

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What is intra-rater reliability?

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the reliability of an administrator’s scoring of a test without comparison to another administrator’s scoring of the same test in a particular period of time.

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What is alternate form reliability?

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a type of reliability that applies to standardized tests with two forms; the test results of both forms are reproducible

33
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What are the types of validity?

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face validity, content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity

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What is face validity?

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the test states, in its table of contents or introduction, that it measures what it claims to measure

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What is content validity?

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the instructions, questions, and items in a test are appropriate for what the test claims to measure. For instance, a receptive language standardized test should have a section of following directions and understanding spoken language

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What is construct validity?

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Scoring methods, questions, and instructions were created using scientific knowledge, theories, and developmental norms as a guide.

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What is criterion validity?

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a standardized test meets criteria to determine whether it’s valid.

38
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What are the two subtypes of criterion validity?

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concurrent validity and predictive validity

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What is concurrent validity?

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measure of how well a standardized test compares to other established standardized tests.

40
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What is predictive validity?

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measure of how well a standardized test will measure future performance in a given area.

41
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What is a test considered if it is not valid?

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the results from it are meaningless

42
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What is a test considered if it is not reliable?

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the results from it are not trustworthy

43
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What is the raw score?

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score obtained from completing a norm-referenced test; it indicates how many questions a person answered correctly; it is used to calculate and glean other scores.

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Which type of score from completing norm-referenced tests is not interpretable?

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raw score

45
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What is the scaled standard score?

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score obtained from completing a subtest of a norm-referenced test; it is interpretable based on the normal distribution curve; the raw score is used to glean the scaled score

46
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What does the standard score (A.K.A. index score) represent?

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It represents the number of standard deviations above or below the performance of the normative sample; you can use the standard score for comparison purposes.

47
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What is an index score?

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another type of standard score that is calculated based on specific subtest raw scores

48
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What is the percentile rank?

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indicates how well someone performed on a test compared to other people; e.g. if you are in the 60th percentile, then you scored better than 60% of individuals in the normative sample, but 40% of the sample scored better than you.

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What are norm referenced and criterion referenced tests used for?

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comparison

50
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What is confidence interval?

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a range of scores that an examinee may receive upon taken a norm referenced test. It is the range of scores that a particular standard scores will fall in. It considers the variance between an observed score and an expected score and it is a means to account for measurement error.

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What are age and grade equivalents?

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the average raw score of a certain age or grade from a section of the normative sample
that is often misinterpreted and a cause of misdiagnosis.

52
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What should you do before administering a test?

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read the manual, then determine the goal of the assessment, its psychometric qualities, and how your client compares to the normative sample; afterwards, read the instructions on how to administer the test

53
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What should you do while administering a test?

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Set up the testing environment so that it has all necessary materials, is comfortable for the client and accessible for them; follow all testing directions; do not provide feedback of the client’s performance during it

54
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What are advantages of a language sample?

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contextualized; actual language performance of a child; efficient tool to examine most ASHA areas; can complete with many partners so issue of rapport/support is reduced; supported by external scientific research

55
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What are disadvantages of a language sample?

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time; necessary to be comfortable with the procedure; MLU is only meaningful up to age 7; cost of software tools such as SALT; not eligible as evidence for someone to receive services in several schools

56
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What are the pros of a curriculum-based informal assessment?

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client specific, helps in all areas of a client’s educational success, understanding of language demands is incorporated

57
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What are the cons of a curriculum-based informal assessment?

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time consuming, only child focused, unrealistic to complete the entire curriculum and educational spectrum.

58
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A standard score between 78 and 85 is judged to be

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1 to 1.5 standard deviations below the mean and a mild communication disorder

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A standard score between 71 and 77 is judged to be

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1.5 to 2.0 standard deviations below the mean and a moderate communication disorder

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A standard score of 70 and below is judged to be

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2 standard deviations below the mean and a severe communication disorder

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What must you base your interpretation of standard scores on?

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on the normative sample and normal distribution curve

62
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What scores are the best scores to use for diagnostic accuracy?

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percentile rank, confidence interval, and standard scores

63
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What is variation or variance?

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refers to the dispersion of standard scores and answers the question: how far away is the person from the mean; it is calculated as the standard deviation

64
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What is the central tendency?

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mean or average of the sampled population

65
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A 90% C.I. indicates

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90% confidence that a score is between a selected range and there’s a 10% chance (i.e., 10% error) that the score will not fall in that range

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A 95% C.I. indicates

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95% confidence that a score is between a selected range and there’s a 5% chance (i.e., 5% error) that the score wil not fall in that range.

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What is the basal?

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the starting point of a test

68
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What is the ceiling?

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the ending point of a test due to the examinee answering a specific number of questions incorrectly.

69
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What are the pros of reports?

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can capture multiple perspectives; more timely than observations and interviews; contextualized; can capture a person’s language in real time;

70
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What is the goal of interviews?

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To gather specific information and perspectives of the stakeholder

71
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What is the goal of reports?

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To gather information from multiple perspectives via checklists, questionnaires, and rating scales

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What is the goal of curriculum-based assessment?

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to determine if the child has the skills to meet language expectations set in a curriculum

73
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What is sensitivity

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True positive

74
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What is specificity?

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True negative

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