SPED4910

Question 1

disproportionality

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when students from various ethnic or linguistically different groups are under or overrepresented in receiving special education services

Question 2

disproportionate rate of occurrence happens in

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the disability categories that rely heavily on clinical judgment

Question 3

overrepresentation

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when too many students are found to be eligible from a specific ethnic group

Question 4

informal assessment

Answer 4

teacher made assessments used to determine student progress

Question 5

curriculum based assessment

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determines how a student is performing in or mastering the actual curriculum

Question 6

curriculum based measurement

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measures progress of a specific skill against an aim line

Question 7

criterion-related assessment

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assesses a student’s progress on items that are similar to objectives or standards

Question 8

criterion-referenced test

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assess a student’s progress in skill mastery against specific standards

Question 9

performance assessment

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students create a product that demonstrates their skills or competency

Question 10

portfolio assessment

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the collection of student products to demonstrate progress over a period of time

Question 11

dynamic assessment

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determines the potential of a student to learn a new skill

Question 12

checklist, rating scale, observation

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informal assessment that can be tailored for individual students. Used to identify mastery of skill and/or placement in a curriculum

Question 13

norm-referenced test

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compares a student’s performance of a task to students of the same age or grade level

Question 14

standardized test

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tests are structured, provide specific instructions, formats, scoring, and interpretation procedures

Question 15

error analysis

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provides insight into learning how a student completes a task. Look for a patterns of errors

Question 16

High-stakes testing

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used to monitor progress of schools and districts in the form of an adequate yearly progress score

Question 17

alternative assessments

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students with disabilities who are unable to participate in statewide assessments are test using an alternative assessment

Question 18

IEP

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team may determine that the students is eligible for special education services based on information collection through the evaluation process. if the student is eligible, an IEP, individualized education program, must be written fro the student. If the student is not eligible for special educational services, the team considers an alternative plan, including educational intervention suggestions for the student.

Question 19

504 Plan

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accommodation plan is designed to implement those accomodations

Question 20

Numerical scales

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consists of numbers used only for identification purposes only; the numbers function like a name.
Numbers cannot be used in mathematical.
Least useful scale

Question 21

Ordinal Scale

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Used to rank the order of items.
Numbers have the quality of identification and indicate greater or lesser quality.
Numbers are not equidistant

Question 22

Interval Scale

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Used for identification that rank greater or lesser quality or amount.
Numbers are equidistant.
Does not have an absolute-zero quality.
Numbers cannot be used in other mathematical operations

Question 23

Ratio Scale

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Used for direct comparisons and mathematical manipulations.
Numbers are equidistant from each other.
Numbers have a true meaning of absolute zero.
Can be used in all mathematical operations.

Question 24

Raw score

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subtract the number of items students missed from the number of items presented.

Question 25

Scores derived from the raw score

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Percentile rank.
Standard score
Grade equivalent
Age equivalent
Language quotient

Question 26

Measures of central tendency

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Frequen

Question 27

Normal distribution

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represents the way test scores would fall if a test was given to every single student of the same age or grade in the population.

Question 28

frequency distribution

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Rank scores from highest to lowest.

tally how many of each score was obtained.

Question 29

Standard deviation

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standard deviation is one determined typical unit above and below the score of 100.
one method of calculation difference in scores or variability of cores known as dispersion.
must calculate variance before you can calculate standard deviation.
standard deviation= square root of variance
any test score that is 1 standard deviation above or below the mean score is considered significant.