Kuder Ch.13

Question 1

Student test and assessments scores provide the statistical data required by the State or Federal government to make important decisions about what four things?

Answer 1

students, educators, schools, districts

Question 2

What are the 8 areas affected by the need for assessments?

Answer 2

1. Screening
2. Eligibility
3. Learning
4. Instructional Program
5. Teaching
6. Opportunities
7. Program Evaluation
8. Monitoring Progress

Question 3

How do assessments affect learning?

Answer 3

• determines what the students must learn
• defines scope/amount of specific goal to be achieved
• decides processes for learning
• creates annual goals and objectives

Question 4

How do assessments affect instructional programs?

Answer 4

• ensures student achieves learning goal
• teaching and curriculum
• pedagogy or andragogy
• appropriate class/home assignments
• students learn correct strategies

Question 5

How do assessments affect teaching?

Answer 5

• instruction by highly qualified staff
• CCS or CA SS for ELD
• skills and strategies appropriate for age, grade, and English proficiency of students

Question 6

What are steps 1-5 for the Decision Guide for Placement of ELs?

Answer 6

1. for new CA enrollees
2. home language survey (HLS)
3. HLS indicates student’s primary language
4. CELDT
5. determine if EL
6. initial placement in EL program and services

Question 7

diagnostic assessment

Answer 7

• given at beginning of school year or new unit of study
• attempts to quantify what students already know
• “pre-test”
• HLS to determine English language class placement

Question 8

formative assessment

Answer 8

• given throughout learning process
• seek to determine how students are progressing
• Ex: assign project, performances, tests, writing assignments, ask questions

Question 9

summative assessment

Answer 9

• given at end of the year or unit
• assess student’s mastery of a topic
• Ex: final project, senior recital, mid-term, paper

Question 10

norm-referenced assessment

Answer 10

• standardized, commercially formatted tests to measure a student comparison against a national “norm” or average in order to rank students against each other using a “bell curve”
• measures broad skills areas

Question 11

criterion-referenced test

Answer 11

• measures student performance against a standard or specific goal
• can be made by teacher
• related to curriculum
• Ex: non-standardized test, chapter test, portfolio, essay, interview