Progress Monitoring Part #1 - SPE 602 Stracione

Question 1

These are necessary for child to benefit from special education; includes speech-language pathology and audiology services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, early identification and assessment, counseling, rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, school health services, social work services, parent counseling and training.

Answer 1

related services

Question 2

The score or value that occurs most often in a distribution.

Answer 2

mode

Question 3

Data reported by subcategory, for example grade level, gender, or race/ethnicity is…

Answer 3

disaggregated

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Question 4

These are markers or guideposts that enable parents and professionals to monitor a baby’s learning, behavior, and development. They consist of skills or behaviors that most children can do by a certain age. While each child develops differently, some differences may indicate a slight delay and others may be a red flag or warning sign for greater concern.

Answer 4

developmental milestones

Question 5

Procedural safeguard to resolve disputes between parents and schools; must be voluntary, cannot be used to deny or delay right to a due process hearing; must be conducted by a qualified and impartial and trained individual.

Answer 5

mediation

Question 6

The process of testing and measuring skills and abilities; includes aptitude tests, achievement tests, and screening tests

Answer 6

assessment

Question 7

Use of standardized tests to evaluate an individual’s performance in a specific area (i.e., cognitive, psychomotor, or physical functioning).

Answer 7

ability testing

Question 8

Requirement that states ensure that all children with disabilities are identified, located and evaluated, and determine which children are receiving special education and related services.

Answer 8

Child Find

also make card for Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

Question 9

A graphic representation of an individual’s scores on several tests or subtests; allows for easy identification of strengths or weaknesses across different tests or subtests.

Answer 9

profile

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Question 10

A measure of the variability of a distribution of scores. A statistic used to express the extent of the divergence of a set of scores from the average of all the scores in the group

Answer 10

standard deviation (SD)

also make card for scaled and standard score

Question 11

These show how a student compares with others who took the test on a scale of 1 to 99. This differs from NCEs in that they do not represent equal units of achievement along the scale.

Answer 11

percentile/percentile rank

Question 12

Brief assessment of all students in the school to identify which students are not proficient relative to specified benchmarks (standard that corresponds with successful outcomes in the future), indicating that they are at risk for potential difficulties in language arts, mathematics, behavior, or other domains.

Answer 12

universal screening assessment

Question 13

Students with a primary or home language other than English and limited or no age-appropriate ability to understand, speak, read or write English.

Answer 13

English Language Learners (ELLs)

Question 14

This is the ongoing process of collecting and analyzing student data to determine progress toward either specific skills or general outcomes. This information allows for immediate instructional decisions based on the review and analysis of the collected data.

Answer 14

progress monitoring

Question 15

Norms that have been obtained from data collected in a limited locale, such as a school system, county, or state. They may be used instead of, or along with, national norms to evaluate student performance.

Answer 15

local norms

also make card for standard, federal, state

Question 16

Statute about confidentiality and access to educational records.

Answer 16

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Question 17

A specific number that results from the assessment of an individual.

Answer 17

score

Question 18

A characteristic that is indicative of competence in a field; aptitude.

Answer 18

ability

Question 19

An individual’s ability to learn or to develop proficiency in an area if provided with appropriate education or training. This type includes tests of general academic (scholastic) ability; tests of special abilities (i.e., verbal, numerical, mechanical); tests that assess “readiness” for learning; and tests that measure ability and previous learning that are used to predict future performance.

Answer 19

aptitude

Question 20

A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation (e.g., conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores).

Answer 20

derived score

Question 21

A goal line based on expected rate of progress that is created by drawing a line from the baseline to the target.

Answer 21

aimline

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Question 22

A test in which performance is measured by the number of tasks performed in a given time.

Answer 22

speed test

Question 23

The practice of combining two or more subtest scores to create an average score. For example, a reading performance score may be an average of vocabulary and reading comprehension subtest scores.

Answer 23

composite score

Question 24

A collection of work that shows progress and learning; can be designed to assess progress, learning, effort, and/or achievement.

Answer 24

portfolio

Question 25

A unit of a standard score scale that divides the norm population into nine groups with the mean at of 5.

Answer 25

stanine

Question 26

A modification that involves using a lower grade level test and is used for making instructional and planning decisions, but is not appropriate for accountability assessments is:

Answer 26

out-of-level testing

Question 27

Changes in the content, format, and/or administration of a test to accommodate test takers who are unable to take the test under standard test conditions; alters what the test is designed to measure or the comparability of scores.

Answer 27

modification

Question 28

A scoring procedure yielding a single score based on overall student performance rather than on an accumulation of points.

Answer 28

holistic scoring

Question 29

The consistency of scoring between two or more independent scorers.

Answer 29

interrater reliability

Question 30

When the student reaches a specific number of incorrect responses, then the test is discontinued.

Answer 30

ceiling level