Unit 8 — Educ

Question 1

School readiness tests provide educators with a benchmark to assess a student’s abilities

Answer 1

Aptitude Tests (Elementary-School Level)

Question 2

a test kit that generally contains two types of tests: those that measure abilities related to academic success and those that measure educational achievement

Answer 2

Psychoeducational test battery

Question 3

Designed to measure accomplishment

Answer 3

Achievement Test

Question 4

A work sample designed to elicit representative knowledge, skills, and values from a particular domain of study

Answer 4

Performance task

Question 5

At this level, such assessment is largely a matter of determining whether a child’s cognitive, emotional, and social development is in line with age-related expectations

Answer 5

Aptitude Tests (Preschool Level)

Question 6

a neurological condition and learning difference in which someone has difficulty with writing for their age level

Answer 6

Dysgraphia

Question 7

Evaluation of one’s work samples

Answer 7

Portfolio assessment

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Diagnostic tests

Question 9

• refers to any type of assessment that requires the examinee to do more than choose the correct response

Answer 9

Performance assessment

Question 10

A multilevel prevention framework applied in educational settings that is designed to maximize student achievement through the use of data that identifies students at risk for poor learning outcomes combined with evidence-based intervention and teaching

Answer 10

RTI Model

Question 11

Focuses on learning that has occurred a a result of relatively structured input

Answer 11

Achievement Test

Question 12

An approach to exploring learning potential that is based on a test-intervention-retest model

Answer 12

Dynamic assessment

Question 13

Budoff (1967, 1987) explored differences between deficits identified by standardized tests that occurred because of differences in education versus mental deficiency

Answer 13

Dynamic assessment

Question 14

Aptitude test also called

Answer 14

Prognostic test

Question 15

a multidisciplinary approach to evaluation that assimilates input from relevant sources

Answer 15

Integrative assessment

Question 16

Aptitude during this time of development is generally referred to as “readiness”

Answer 16

Aptitude Tests (Preschool Level)

Question 17

Used to make predictions

Answer 17

Aptitude test

Question 18

questionnaire on which marks are made to indicate the presence or absence of a specified behavior, thought, event or circumstance

Answer 18

Checklist

Question 19

a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling

Answer 19

Dyslexia

Question 20

used to gauge student progress toward instructional objectives, compare an individual’s accomplishments to peers, and help determine what activities might best propel the students toward the objective

Answer 20

Achievement Test

Question 21

Scholastic Aptitude Test (S A T) consists of a number of tests

Answer 21

Aptitude Tests (Secondary-School Level)

Question 22

T/F: Dynamic assessors do not remain neutral

Answer 22

TRUEEE

Question 23

Steps involved in Rtl

Answer 23

o Teachers provide evidence-based instruction
o Student learning of that instruction is regularly
evaluated;
o Intervention, if required occurs in some form
appropriate adjustment in instruction;
o Re-evaluation of learning takes place; and o Intervention and reassessment occur as necessary

Question 24

Focuses more on informal learning or life experiences

Answer 24

Aptitude test

Question 25

o Make a judgement of relative standing with
regard to a specified variable or list of variables

Answer 25

Rating scale

Question 26

a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics

Answer 26

Dyscalculia

Question 27

was designed to yield information about the nature and amount of intervention required to enhance a child’s performance

Answer 27

Learning Potential Assessment Device (L P A D)

Question 28

In educational context, an evaluation of relevant,
meaningful tasks that may be conducted to evaluate learning of academic subject matter but that demonstrate the student’s transfer of that study to real-world activities

Answer 28

Authentic assessment

Question 29

Diagnosed if a significant discrepancy existed between the child’s measured intellectual ability and the level of achievement that could reasonably be expected from the child in one or more areas

Answer 29

Specific Learning Disability (SLD)