Vocabulary

Question 1

Criterion referenced test

Answer 1

Test that indicates a student’s proficiency in some skill; performance is then compared to a standard of mastery.

Question 2

Norm referenced test

Answer 2

Test that indicates a student’s relative standing amongst a group of students.

Question 3

Formative assessment

Answer 3

Formal and informal assessments teachers use to ensure that students are learning the material.

Question 4

Summative assessment

Answer 4

Formal assessment that is testing a student’s comprehension of the entire unit’s material.

Question 5

Validity

Answer 5

How well a test measures what it is supposed to measure.

Question 6

Reliability

Answer 6

Measurement of the test to be consistent.

Question 7

Standard error of measurement

Answer 7

A statistic designed to estimate the extent to which an observed score deviates from a true score.

Question 8

Differential instruction

Answer 8

Providing different ways of teaching which allows students who learn in different ways. to learn in a way that best benefits them.

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

The process by which a child relates new objectives and ideas to familiar objects and ideas.

Question 10

Aptitude test

Answer 10

Future oriented, predicting what an individual is capable of doing with further training and education.

Question 11

Psychometrics

Answer 11

Validity, reliability, norms and administration/scoring make up this. It should be good, sound and acceptable.

Question 12

Standard deviation

Answer 12

The measure of variability for the average distance that scores deviate from their mean. It is calculated by taking the square root of the variance.

Question 13

Variance

Answer 13

The variance measures the average square distance that scores deviate from their mean. The value of the variance can be 0 or greater than 0.

Question 14

Universal screening

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This provides information about all the students in a general education classroom to determine if any are at risk or below level of expected performance for their grade.

Question 15

High-stakes testing

Answer 15

Assessments that states and districts use to determine whether or not students will advance from one grade to another, graduate from high school, or have access to specific fields of study.

Question 16

RTI

Answer 16

Known as Response to Intervention, this is the application of learning or behavioral interventions and measurement of students’ responses to such interventions.

Question 17

Curriculum-based measurement

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A method of monitoring instruction regularly. The student’s CBM is based on the achievement goal for the school year.

Question 18

RTI Tier 1

Answer 18

This is focused specifically on the core curriculum with instruction and interventions targeting all students. Statistics show that approximately 80% to 85% of students should meet grade level norms without additional assistance beyond this first tier.

Question 19

RTI Tier 2

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This typically involves small group instruction. Approximately 3% to 6% of students will still have difficulty after Tier 2.

Question 20

RTI Tier 3

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This typically is the most intense and involves one-on-one instruction in a regular educational environment. This is known as the INTENSIVE level in which 5% of students fall into this tier.