Exam 14: Assessment of Academic Achievement With Multi-Skill Devices

In selecting a multiple-skill achievement test, teachers must consider:  content validity, stimulus/response modes, common core and specific state _______, and relevant norms

Educators should pay close attention to the following when using achievement tests with students with disabilities.

Teachers must evaluate the extent to which tests sample behavior relevant to the content of the school's _______. ​

Achievement test may NOT be appropriate for

To compare a student's performance on an achievement test to that of other students in the school district, it is probably best to use

Indicate whether it would be more appropriate to use national norms or local norms for each of the following cases: a. An estimate of Joyce's achievement in the school system is desired. b. An estimate of Joyce's achievement in general is desired

The major difference between the WIAT-II and WIAT-III is

_______ tests have limited behavior samples and often require further diagnostic assessment to verify a student's need for educational intervention.

As part of content validity, the diagnostician might look not only at the specific skills assessed, but also at

The __________ is an individually administered test that is co-normed with the Wechsler series of intelligence tests and is used to measure seven areas of learning disability defined in IDEA 2004.

An achievement test will provide misleading information if it is not

A major difference between group-administered achievement tests and diagnostic achievement tests is the

Identify and explain the types of decisions that can be made with multiple-skill achievement tests

Achievement tests provide a(n) __________ picture of a student's skill development in academic content areas

The ________ has sufficiently high reliability to use the test in making important educational decisions about students

If an achievement test is being selected to assess the extent to which students have profited from school instruction, the most important characteristic to look at is the test's

The Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised/Normative Update is an example of a(n) ______-administered multiple-skill achievement battery

Of the following, the achievement test that has the best technical adequacy for making important educational decisions is

Describe the four factors to consider when selecting a multiple-skill achievement test.

Achievement tests must reflect the __________ of the curriculum.