Assessment

Question 1

Universal Screener

Answer 1

Used to gather data on all students. The purpose is typically to put students into groups, such as intervention groups

Question 2

Diagnostic Assessment

Answer 2

Sometimes known as a pre-assessment, is used to identify students’ specific strengths and weaknesses.

Question 3

Criterion-referenced assessments

Answer 3

Compare student performance to a predetermined standard, which is a criteria. Scores on these types of tests come in the form of a percentage. Tests administered at the end of an instructional unit and state achievement tests are common examples

Question 4

Norm-referenced assessments

Answer 4

Compare students to each other and rank them according to performance. Scores on these types of tests come in the form of a percentile, grade-level equivalency, or stanine using a normal bell-shaped curve

Question 5

Progress Monitoring

Answer 5

Periodic assessments given to keep track of student growth toward a specific goal or objective

Question 6

Curriculum Based Assessment

Answer 6

Measures student progress using materials taken directly from the curriculum

Question 7

Performance Based Assessment

Answer 7

Students apply knowledge or skills to complete a process or create a product

Question 8

Portfolio

Answer 8

Collection of student work to show growth over time

Question 9

Exit Slip

Answer 9

Short response completed and submitted at the end of a lesson

Question 10

Code-based instruction

Answer 10

believes that students need to learn phonics and phonemic concepts in order to decode words

Question 11

Meaning-based instruction

Answer 11

argues that readers need context to decode words

Question 12

Code Based Assessment Strategies

Answer 12

high-frequency sight word lists

word pattern surveys

pseudoword assessments

phonics inventories

writing samples

spelling inventories

syllabication surveys

Question 13

Meaning-Based Assessment Strategies

Answer 13

oral retellings

written responses

text-based questioning

Question 14

Tools for Phonics and Word Analysis Assessments

Answer 14

Nonsense/pseudoword assessments

connected text

word list

Question 15

Strategies for phonics support

Answer 15

• Word sorts
• Direct phonics instruction
• Chants and read alouds (students must be able to SEE the words for phonics practice, not just hear the sounds)

Question 16

Strategy for Decoding multisyllabic words

Answer 16

• Teach students syllabication and the 6 syllable types (open, closed, vowel digraph/diphthong, r-controlled, VCe, final -le)

Question 17

Strategy for Decoding multisyllabic words with roots and affixes

Answer 17

• Review morphology (word formation) and proper pronunciation