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Quiz 7 Flashcards

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What did Anastasi argue in his 1979 conference talk?

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Psychometric vocabulary should remove ‘aptitude’ and ‘achievement’

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Traditionally, how is intelligence and aptitude differentiated from achievement?

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Intelligence and aptitude are innate-capacity. Achievement is effects of learning.

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What is AQ? Formula?

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Achievement/Accomplishment Quotient.

Divide Educational Quotient by Intelligence Quotient (EQ/IQ)

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What is educational quotient?

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Ratio of educational age with chronological age

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Why did AQ fall out? When?

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Mid-20th century.

Statistical weakness. Psychological grounds too (unwarrented assumptions).

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What did it mean when AQ is above 100? What are concerns?

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Above 100 is ‘overachievers’

Concerns are that it’s impossible to achieve greater than your capacity.

Explained by unreliability of tests and unusually strong interest/motivation

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How is jangle fallacy related to intelligence/aptitude tests and achievement tests?

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Kelley argued that they meant the same thing, just different terms.

Correlation very high (90% overlap)

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What did GRE Board do with aptitude-achievement distinctions?

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They helped dispel it by changing ‘aptitude’ test to ‘general’ test.

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Antecedent Experience and Achievement vs. Aptitude

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Muc hmore narrow for achievement test, while the pool is broad in aptitude.

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Use of test scores (Achievement vs. Aptitude)

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Achievement: used to see current status

Aptitude: used to predict future performance

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What is functional assessment?

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An assortment of procedures to get at the cause (or function) of some behavior for a particular person.

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Is functional assessment inter or intra-individual

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Intra-individual

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What does it mean when variance is high while doing a functional assessment?

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Cannot get the baseline. Something is happening.

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In psych, are theories for individuals or aggregates?

what does this entail?

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stated for individuals.

There’s a disconnect between statistics and theories.

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What’s an authentic assessment?

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Part of performance assessment. Real-world tasks involved.

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What is the ‘con’ or necessary requirement for performance assessments?

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Must have a rubric or some criteria, or else it will be subjective.

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What might anti-test people say about testing in education?

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Testing makes teachers focus on ‘teaching to the test’ rather than to teach better and more permanent outcomes.

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Formative vs. Summative assessment

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Formative: data gathered to monitor student learning, so students can focus efforts and teachers can improve teaching

Summative: exams, papers, projects, etc. at end of learning period.

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Common Core State Standards

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Comprehensive set of standards (English and math, but more to come) for K-12 students. What students should achieve by the end of each year.

For conformity between states in educational development.

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20
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How has specific learning disabilities traditionally been diagnosed?

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IQ-achievement discrepancies

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21
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The RtI model

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Response to Intervention model

A multilevel prevention framework to maximize student achievement and identify students at risk for poor learning. Evidence-based.

22
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why is RtI model multilevel?

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3 tiers.
1) classroom environment
2) those who failed to make progression in another section
3) those who fail to respond to second tier

23
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Multitiered System of Support (MTSS)

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Deliver academic interventions, but also provide services beyond academics, like social and emotional support.

24
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Problem-solving model

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Use of interventions tailored to students’ individual needs identified by school professionals.

25
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Integrative assessment

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Multidisciplinary approach to evaluating, assimilating input from multiple sources

26
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Dynamic Assessment

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Contrasts to static/fixed tests. Interactive. Assesses potential learning by ‘guidance’

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Zone of proximal development

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Distance between actual developmental level and the level of potential development under guidance or collaboration

28
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Achievement Batteries

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Tests that cover multiple areas and typically divided into subtests

29
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Locator tests / Routing tests

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Pretests to determine level of actual test most appropriate

30
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What kind of test is Cooperative Achievement Test?

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achievement in specific areas

31
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Curriculum-based Assessment (CBA)

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Assessment of information acquired from teachings at school.

32
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Two types of achievement test items

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fact-based
conceptual

33
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According to book, how do aptitude tests differ to achievement tests?

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Aptitude is about informal learning or life experiences, while achievement tests are learning from structured input.

34
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Aptitude tests are also called ______

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Prognostic tests (test used to make predictions)

35
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What are readiness tests?

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Aptitude tests but for preschool/elementary level.

36
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Apgar number

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Score on rating scale to newborn about their health.

37
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Informal evaluation

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Nonsystematic, off-the-record assessment that leads to some attitude

38
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Metropolitan Readiness Tests

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test battery
reading and math skills
2 levels
orally administered

39
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Miller Analogies Test (MAT)

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100-item
MC
analogies

cost-effective aptitude test

40
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Diagnostic test

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Tool used to identify areas of deficit to be targeted for intervention

41
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T/F: Diagnositc tests can have simpler items than achievement tests for the same grade.

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T

42
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Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests- 3rd Ed

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15-45 minutes
4.5 to 80 years old

a diagnostic reading test (subtests in textbook)

43
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Psychoeducational test batteries

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Test abilities related to academic success and those that measure educational achievement

44
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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd ed Normative Update

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A type of psychoeducational test battery.

45
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What theory was the KABC-II (Kaufman Assessment Battery) aligned with?

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CHC theory of cognitive abilities.

46
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Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV)

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a type of psychoeducational test battery.

measures broad cognitive abilities, oral language, and academic achievement

also uses CHC theory

47
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Performance Assessment

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Something requiring examinee to do more than just choose a correct response.

48
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Performance Task

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A work sample designed to elicit some representative knowledge/skill/values from a particular domain.

49
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Portfolio

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Work sample.

50
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Peer Appraisal methods

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Ask individual’s peer group to make an evaluation.

51
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Sociogram

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Graphically illustrated results of peer approaisal.

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