Competency 0003 Flashcards

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Screening assessments

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administered to all students in a particular group, such as a grade or a school

Example: vision screening administered to all incoming kindergarten students.

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Goal of screening assessments?

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identify, as early as possible, students who may need extra academic support

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Diagnostic assessments

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administered to individual students who may need extra support.

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Observational assessments

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  • Checklists
  • Rating scales
  • Duration records
  • Time-sampling records
  • Anecdotal records
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Ecological assessment

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Focuses on the student’s functioning in different environments.

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Norm-referenced assessment

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provides results for an individual student that are understood by comparison to norms, or results obtained from the student’s peer group.
Example: WISC, Battelle
Norm-referenced assessment are standardized

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Criterion-referenced assessment

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compares the individual’s performance to some predetermined standard or criterion.

Criterion-referenced assessment are standardized

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Individual-referenced assessment

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Compares an individual’s score at one point in time with the same individuals score at a different point in time.

Example: Running records

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Test-retest reliability

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the extent to which results will be the same upon repeated administrations of the same assessment.

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Inter-rater reliability

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The extent to which observers agree on assessment results.

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Equivalent-forms reliability

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Extent to which alternate forms of the same assessment yield the same results.

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In New York State, eligibility for special education services is based on the results of an assessment arranged by?

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The CSE or the CPSE

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Eligibility for services initial assessment must include

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  • A physical exam
  • A psychological evaluation
  • A social history
  • Observations of the student in current educational setting.
  • Other assessment as appropriate (Vocational assessments for students ages 12 and up)
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If the parents disagree with the results of evaluation, they may request a

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Individual Education Evaluation

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SETT framework

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Students, environment, tasks, and tools.

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Curriculum-based Assessment (CBA)

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provides information about student mastery of the general education curriculum.

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Curriculum-based Measurement (CBM)

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Monitor students progress that is relatively sensitive to changes in performance over time.

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Interim alternative educational setting (IAES)

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Must be provided for students with disabilities who have been suspended or removed from their current placement for more than 10 school days.

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Criterion-related validity

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extent to which scores on an assessment are related to some criterion measure.

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Regarding criterion-related validity, depending on when the criterion measure is obtained, a further distinction can be made between two types of criterion-related validity.

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concurrent validity and predictive validity

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concurrent validity

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the criterion measure is administered at the same time as the assessment

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predictive validity

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the criterion measure is administered at some point in the future.

Example: the ability of a reading test administered to a first-grader to predict that student’s performance at third or fifth grade

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Content validity

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extent to which an assessment accurately measures some identifiable content.

such as, curriculum standards or clearly defined behaviors.

(How well an assessment measures something observable)

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construct validity

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extent to which an assessment accurately measures some underlying construct.

Such as, intelligence, motivation, and engagement

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IEE

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Individual Education Evaluation

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IAES

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Interim alternative educational setting

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time-sampling records

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used to note the number of times the student engages in a particular behavior during a particular time period

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Error analysis

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The mistakes on an individual’s test are noted and categorized by type

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Event recording

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The number of times a target behavior occurs during an observation period

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Walker Problem Identification Checklist

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Measures for acting out, withdrawal, distractability, atypical peer relations, and immaturity

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Burks behavior scale (BBRS)

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self blame, anxiety, dependency, withdrawal, lack of impulse control, aggression.

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Devereux’s Behavior rating scale

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Same as Burks scale but for adolecents & has sexual factors