Class one: General overview

Question 1

Step one of your evaluation is to ______

Answer 1

Complete an occupational profile

Question 2

The _____ is the foundation of the evaluation process

Answer 2

Occupational profile

Question 3

Describe Level One screening:

Answer 3

Basic screening of developmental skills

Question 4

Describe Level Two screening:

Answer 4

A health care professional or teacher identifies that
the child is at risk for developmental delays/functional
limitations.

Question 5

________ assessments may have limited value

Answer 5

Norm-Referenced

Question 6

Norm-referenced assessments do not necessarily measure what is critical for

Answer 6

functional
performance in children with disabilities (i.e. Peabody- stacking 1-
inch blocks)

Question 7

_____ scores do not provide a complete picture of a child

Answer 7

Standard

Question 8

Do not _____ based on information from norm referenced tests! Instead, use _____

Answer 8

write intervention goals

Functional outcome measures

Question 9

Criterion-Referenced Tests

Measures what the test taker is ______

Answer 9

able to do and what they know, not how they compare to others- important to a child’s function
on everyday tasks

Question 10

CRTs report how well students are doing relative to a ______

Answer 10

pre- determined performance level on a specified set of educational goals or outcomes included in the school, district, or state
curriculum

Question 11

Criterion referenced tests are helpful for what two things?

Answer 11

the evaluation of the child’s functional skills and for

planning interventions

Question 12

Criterion referenced tests administration and scoring may or may not be

Answer 12

standardized

Question 13

Describe ecological assessments

Answer 13

Examining and recording the physical, social and

psychological features of the developmental context of a child

Question 14

Transactional Approach is concerned with the

Answer 14

interaction between the child and the environment – physical and social

Question 15

Which type of assessment uses a transdisciplinary approach that allows the child and
caregiver to interact with a professional during the
evaluation while other professionals observe and
occasionally test/interview?

Answer 15

Arena assessment

Question 16

Arena assessments place a big emphasis on a ____ approach

Answer 16

Team

Question 17

Standardized tests are used to?

Answer 17

1. Assist in the determination of a medical or educational
   diagnosis
2. Document a child’s developmental and functional status
3. Aid the planning of an intervention program
4. Measure variables in research studies

Question 18

Descriptive Statistics provide information about?

Answer 18

the characteristics of a particular

group

Question 19

Two types of descriptive statistics are:

Answer 19

Measure of central tendency

Measure or variability

Question 20

A z-score is a measure of?

Answer 20

how many
standard deviations below or above the
population mean a raw score

Question 21

T-Scores Tell?

Answer 21

how far the score is from the mean.

Question 22

Deviation Intelligence Quotient - Uses statistics to

Answer 22

analyze intelligence relative to age. Deviation IQ is scored based on how an individual deviates from the average IQ of 100.

Question 23

_____ describes the stability of scores of one individual when tested on two different occasions with different sets of items or under other variable conditions

Answer 23

Reliability

Question 24

Generally, test manuals report the ___ confidence interval.

Answer 24

95%

Question 25

The _____ is the statistic to calculate the expected range of error for the test
score of an individual

Answer 25

Standard error of measurment

Question 26

The SEM is added to and subtracted from the child’s main score. This gives the range of expected scores for that child, AKA the ______

Answer 26

the confidence interval.

Question 27

The validity reported in text measures is obtained during the

Answer 27

test development process.

Question 28

______ - a statistical procedure for determining
relationships between test items. (shows the items with the
strongest correlation)

Answer 28

Factor Analysis-

Question 29

_______- the extent to which the items on a
test accurately sample a particular behavior domain (visual
perception)

Answer 29

Content-Related Validity

Question 30

Content-Related Validity is established by?

Answer 30

review of the test content by experts in the field, who reach some agreement that the content is representative of the behavioral domain to be measured.

Question 31

______ - the ability of a test to predict how

an individual performs on other measurements or activities

Answer 31

Criterion-Related Validity

Question 32

Two types of criterion-related validity

Answer 32

Concurrent validity, predictive validity

Question 33

______- describes how well test scores reflect current performance (0.7 is predictive)

Answer 33

Concurrent validity

Question 34

_____ - the relationship between a test given in the present and some measure of the performance in the future (typically takes several years to measure)

Answer 34

Predictive validity