Deck 14: Extension : Interpreting Assessment for Educational Intervention

Question 1

The spelling series used in one classroom contains tests that are directly tied to the spelling curriculum. When the teacher uses these tests, ___ is being used.

Answer 1

curriculum-based assessment

Question 2

Assessment devices in a school's language arts series provide skills and objectives for each level of English, creative writing, and literature. These are ___.

Answer 2

criterion-referenced assessment

Question 3

To determine whether a student has mastered a specific skill or objective, the teacher uses a ___.

Answer 3

checklist

Question 4

A student is not progressing as the teacher believes he should for his age expectancy. The teacher uses teacher-made tests, observation, and criterion-referenced tests to gather information about the student. This teacher is using different methods of ___ to discover why the student is not making progress.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

A teacher wants to determine why a student who can multiply single-digit numbers cannot multiply double-digit numbers. The teacher asks the student to verbally describe the steps she is using in the process of multiplying double-digit numbers. This is ___.

Question 8

Each year the Mulberry Elementary School tests students to determine which students have mastered state curriculum standards. This testing is known as ___.

Question 9

For a teacher to determine a student's understanding of the solar system, the student is required to create a project that demonstrates the Earth's position relative to designated planets. This is ___.

Question 10

Research studies of the referral and assessment process found many indications of bias in the process. What are some examples of this bias?

Question 11

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

Question 12

When a teacher is concerned about a student's mastery of a specific math skill, the teacher may decide to use several measures, including ___.

Question 13

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 ___.

Question 14

Concerns regarding the ___ of students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds emphasize the need for collecting assessment data in a variety of ways.

Question 15

When a teacher assesses a student's potential to learn a new math skill by prompting or cuing the student, ___ has been used.

Question 16

If a teacher wants to determine the types of mistakes a student is making on written expression tasks such as sentence writing, the teacher may use ___.

Question 17

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

Question 18

The Teacher Assistance Team of a middle school receives a referral regarding a student who seems to have behavioral difficulty in only one of his classes during the day. In order to determine what is happening in this one classroom, the team decides that an ___ should be conducted.

Question 19

Under the 2004 IDEA, the emphasis shifted from the traditional model with prereferral strategies to early intervening services. Why did the 2004 IDEA include this change?

Question 20

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 ___.

Question 21

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

Question 22

As a result of the ___, an IEP or an alternative plan would be developed for a student.

Question 23

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.

Question 24

Why are statewide tests called high-stakes tests?

Question 25

In order to assess all areas to obtain a view of the whole child, the ___ is designed for each individual student.

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

If ___ prove to be unsuccessful, the team may conclude that the student requires additional assessment to determine if additional services are needed.

Question 30

One way to document that strategies have been attempted before referral is to use

Question 31

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

Question 32

When a child from a different linguistic background is assessed by providing cues or prompts, a form of ___ has been employed.

Question 33

___ 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.

Question 34

When a teacher wants to determine how a student solved a problem incorrectly, the teacher completes a(n) ___.