exam 1 Flashcards
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?
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
what are the principles of a good assessment and why are they important to follow?
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
define basal
number of correct responses to determine starting point
define ceiling
number of error responses to determine stopping points
following are types of standardized assessments
standardized tests
criterion referenced tests
t/f: norm referenced assessments are designed to compare individual performance to a pre determined criteria
false
t/f: both norm referenced and criterion referenced assessment measures must be administered precisely as indicated in the assessments manual
true
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
false
t/f: standardized assessments look at a clients performance on specific skills outside of the natural social context
true
t/f: authentic evaluations look at a clients communication performance within the natural social communication context
true
which of the following type/s of assessment are more subjective in nature?
authentic assessments
t/f: standardized assessment require the highest level of clinical experience in order to be administered and interpreted accurately
fale
measures whether consistency of results for two different forms of the same test provide similar results
alternate forms reliability
measures whether results obtained on a test would be the same if administered by two different therapists
intertester reliability
measures whether results are consistent when administered by the same clinical at two different times
intratester reliability
measures whether results on an assessment are intended to be progressively more difficult
split half reliability
measures the consistency of results of the test administered at two different times
test retest reliability
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
true
t/f: normal distribution is symmetrical on either side of the mean
true
measures the ability of a test to determine future performance
predictive validity
measures a tests ability to thoroughly assess particular skills
content validity
measures a tests ability to measure specific skills compared to other knows constructs such as age, IQ and gender
construct validity
measures whether a test measures what it says it does
face validity
most frequent score observed
mode
standard score that indicates the number of deviations from the mean
z score
score that falls at the physical middle
median
average of scores
mean
the following percent of a population will fall within two standard deviation from the mean
95%
the following percent of the population will fall within one standard deviation from the mean
68%
for a test with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15, a standard score of 130 falls
two standard deviations above the mean
for a test with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, the score 55 falls
three standard deviations below the mean
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
true
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
false
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
true
which of the following scores should not be used to determine eligibility for services
age equivalent
a test that does not include a particular group of individuals in its normative group would be considered __ for individuals in that group
invalid
t/f: having cultural competence helps a clinician determine communication difference from disability
true
when reviewing r values for reliability, a test should have at least an r value of __ to be considered to have good reliability.
.70
t/f: percentile scores between 16 and 85 fall within the average range
false
t/f: normal communicative patterns associated with a cultural group are not an important factor when considering diagnoses
false
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
disorder
is the fact that a client is misunderstood in English considered a language disorder or difference
difference
t/f: when working with interpreters, it is important for the interpreter to be proficient in both languages that are being used
true
which of the following are types of authentic assessments
language sample
ethnographic interview
systematic observation
self monitoring and self assessment
