Formal and Informal Assessment

Question 1

What are standardized achievement tests used for?

Answer 1

Identifying academic strengths and weaknesses, eligibility for special education services

Question 2

What are CBMs?

Answer 2

Curriculum based measures - measure student progress in building knowledge and skills in specific content areas

Question 3

What preparations should a team take in consideration when conducting an evaluation on an English Language Learner?

Answer 3

Assorted formal and informal tests in student primary language

Question 4

What would an adaptive behavior assessment provide information on?

Answer 4

Student self help and social skills – interpersonal relationships, self-determination and daily living.

Question 5

What are the steps in conducting and FBA?

Answer 5

1) Describe student behavior in concise observable terms, 2) collect data, 3)make hypothesis 4) test hypothesis and 5) develop intervention

Question 6

What is a portfolio assessment?

Answer 6

Ongoing collection of daily work, projects, test, homework and documentation, student current level of academic performance.

Question 7

What are the limitations of formal testing (standardized test)?

Answer 7

Test content may not reflect the student’s curriculum, preferred response method or skill application

Question 8

What is a ceiling level in a standardized test?

Answer 8

The ceiling level is the designated stopping point that typically occurs after a student incorrectly responds to a consecutive number of test items.

Question 9

A student who has spastic cerebral palsy and learning disability, which would be an appropriate testing accommodation for this student?

Answer 9

incorporating the student’s current assistive technology for oral and written communication