Competency 0003 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Screening assessments
administered to all students in a particular group, such as a grade or a school
Example: vision screening administered to all incoming kindergarten students.
Goal of screening assessments?
identify, as early as possible, students who may need extra academic support
Diagnostic assessments
administered to individual students who may need extra support.
Observational assessments
- Checklists
- Rating scales
- Duration records
- Time-sampling records
- Anecdotal records
Ecological assessment
Focuses on the student’s functioning in different environments.
Norm-referenced assessment
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
Criterion-referenced assessment
compares the individual’s performance to some predetermined standard or criterion.
Criterion-referenced assessment are standardized
Individual-referenced assessment
Compares an individual’s score at one point in time with the same individuals score at a different point in time.
Example: Running records
Test-retest reliability
the extent to which results will be the same upon repeated administrations of the same assessment.
Inter-rater reliability
The extent to which observers agree on assessment results.
Equivalent-forms reliability
Extent to which alternate forms of the same assessment yield the same results.
In New York State, eligibility for special education services is based on the results of an assessment arranged by?
The CSE or the CPSE
Eligibility for services initial assessment must include
- 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)
If the parents disagree with the results of evaluation, they may request a
Individual Education Evaluation
SETT framework
Students, environment, tasks, and tools.
Curriculum-based Assessment (CBA)
provides information about student mastery of the general education curriculum.
Curriculum-based Measurement (CBM)
Monitor students progress that is relatively sensitive to changes in performance over time.
Interim alternative educational setting (IAES)
Must be provided for students with disabilities who have been suspended or removed from their current placement for more than 10 school days.
Criterion-related validity
extent to which scores on an assessment are related to some criterion measure.
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.
concurrent validity and predictive validity
concurrent validity
the criterion measure is administered at the same time as the assessment
predictive validity
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
Content validity
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)
construct validity
extent to which an assessment accurately measures some underlying construct.
Such as, intelligence, motivation, and engagement
