exam 1

Question 1

when selecting a test to administer to a client. what the the 4 criteria according to the code of fair testing practices in education? why is it essential to meet each of those criteria?

Answer 1

defining purpose of the assessment
review the test and make sure it assess what you are trying to assess
review normative data
use only tests you are allowed to give
it is essential to meet the criterion because you may end up giving a bad test to someone. if someone needs help with language and you didn’t look at the test to see what it is assessing and you give them a test for speech the test will not be valid

Question 2

what are the principles of a good assessment and why are they important to follow?

Answer 2

the test needs to be thorough, have a variety of test types, valid, reliable and tailored specifically to the client. these are important to follow to ensure the test scores are accurate and being used in the right context

Question 3

define basal

Answer 3

number of correct responses to determine starting point

Question 4

define ceiling

Answer 4

number of error responses to determine stopping points

Question 5

following are types of standardized assessments

Answer 5

standardized tests
criterion referenced tests

Question 6

t/f: norm referenced assessments are designed to compare individual performance to a pre determined criteria

Answer 6

false

Question 7

t/f: both norm referenced and criterion referenced assessment measures must be administered precisely as indicated in the assessments manual

Answer 7

true

Question 8

t/f: if a parent requests to review a test protocol form and score sheet the clinician should send this form home as quickly as possible

Answer 8

false

Question 9

t/f: standardized assessments look at a clients performance on specific skills outside of the natural social context

Answer 9

true

Question 10

t/f: authentic evaluations look at a clients communication performance within the natural social communication context

Answer 10

true

Question 11

which of the following type/s of assessment are more subjective in nature?

Answer 11

authentic assessments

Question 12

t/f: standardized assessment require the highest level of clinical experience in order to be administered and interpreted accurately

Answer 12

fale

Question 13

measures whether consistency of results for two different forms of the same test provide similar results

Answer 13

alternate forms reliability

Question 14

measures whether results obtained on a test would be the same if administered by two different therapists

Answer 14

intertester reliability

Question 15

measures whether results are consistent when administered by the same clinical at two different times

Answer 15

intratester reliability

Question 16

measures whether results on an assessment are intended to be progressively more difficult

Answer 16

split half reliability

Question 17

measures the consistency of results of the test administered at two different times

Answer 17

test retest reliability

Question 18

t/f: normal distribution is a statistical method designed to determine whether a particular score on a test falls within the average performance range for a specific group of individuals

Answer 18

true

Question 19

t/f: normal distribution is symmetrical on either side of the mean

Answer 19

true

Question 20

measures the ability of a test to determine future performance

Answer 20

predictive validity

Question 21

measures a tests ability to thoroughly assess particular skills

Answer 21

content validity

Question 22

measures a tests ability to measure specific skills compared to other knows constructs such as age, IQ and gender

Answer 22

construct validity

Question 23

measures whether a test measures what it says it does

Answer 23

face validity

Question 24

most frequent score observed

Answer 24

mode

Question 25

standard score that indicates the number of deviations from the mean

Answer 25

z score

Question 26

score that falls at the physical middle

Answer 26

median

Question 27

average of scores

Answer 27

mean

Question 28

the following percent of a population will fall within two standard deviation from the mean

Answer 28

95%

Question 29

the following percent of the population will fall within one standard deviation from the mean

Answer 29

68%

Question 30

for a test with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15, a standard score of 130 falls

Answer 30

two standard deviations above the mean

Question 31

for a test with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, the score 55 falls

Answer 31

three standard deviations below the mean

Question 32

t/f: for a test with a scaled score mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3, a score of 4 falls two standard deviations below the mean

Answer 32

true

Question 33

t/f: for a child that achieves a standard score of 86 on an assessment with a mean score of 100 and standard deviation of 15, we can say that the Childs score falls within the same range as 95% of the normative data

Answer 33

false

Question 34

t/f: if a child has a percentile rank of 20, that indicates that only 19 children out of 100 would have had a lower score than that child

Answer 34

true

Question 35

which of the following scores should not be used to determine eligibility for services

Answer 35

age equivalent

Question 36

a test that does not include a particular group of individuals in its normative group would be considered __ for individuals in that group

Answer 36

invalid

Question 37

t/f: having cultural competence helps a clinician determine communication difference from disability

Answer 37

true

Question 38

when reviewing r values for reliability, a test should have at least an r value of __ to be considered to have good reliability.

Answer 38

.70

Question 39

t/f: percentile scores between 16 and 85 fall within the average range

Answer 39

false

Question 40

t/f: normal communicative patterns associated with a cultural group are not an important factor when considering diagnoses

Answer 40

false

Question 41

when differentiating between a difference and a disorder, when peers who speak the same language say that they have a hard time understanding what the client is saying, this indicated a

Answer 41

disorder

Question 42

is the fact that a client is misunderstood in English considered a language disorder or difference

Answer 42

difference

Question 43

t/f: when working with interpreters, it is important for the interpreter to be proficient in both languages that are being used

Answer 43

true

Question 44

which of the following are types of authentic assessments

Answer 44

language sample
ethnographic interview
systematic observation
self monitoring and self assessment