Exam 14: Extension : Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention

In order to measure student progress against a standard set for all students in the same grade, ___ tests may be used.

IEP team members are concerned that a student may be functioning within the range of mental retardation. In order to determine where the student's abilities are compared with other students his age, the team members determine that a ___ should be included on the assessment plan.

A teacher collects class work, quizzes, book reports, and writing assignments to determine the students' strengths and weaknesses in language arts. This is known as ___.

A student found to be eligible for services who is between the ages of 6 and 21 will have a personalized IEP written, whereas a(n) ___ will be designed for a student younger than school age.

Summarize the best-practice procedures that include early intervening services and RTI and when an appropriate referral for special education may be made.

A first-grade student has difficulty with fine motor skills. The teacher is concerned that the student may not have the developmental ability to learn manuscript handwriting. The handwriting series lists skills a student must master before writing letters. Using this device, the teacher has employed a ___.

___ must be given in a specific manner as stated by the publisher, whereas informal tests include a variety of methods and strategies for collecting data.

A classroom teacher along with a team of other educational professionals determined that John, who has multiple disabilities, is not able to participate in the statewide assessment. The team develops ___ to assess John's attainment of educational goals.

Teachers who design assessment instruments from classroom materials are using ___.

How might high-stakes testing improve the education of all students?

The 2004 Amendments to IDEA emphasize that more than 30 years of research indicates that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by

According to the Traditional Assessment Model, what usually happened when a student was referred to a multidisciplinary team?

A test that compares a student's performance with a national sample of students of the same age or grade is known as a ___.

Why are statewide tests called high-stakes tests?