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• designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic
academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson,
WRAT) -✓✓achievement test
• assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths
and weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of people
who have already taken the test, the "norming group," a national sample
of similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS) -
✓✓norm-referenced test
• assessment that (measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain.) tells how well students are performing on specific
goals or standards (do they meet the criteria?). -✓✓criterion-referenced
test
• any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-specified, standard
manner; each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given the
same tasks, provided the same information before and during the test,
has the same amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in
the same manner. These tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-
referenced, and either an achievement or an aptitude test. -
✓✓standardized tests
• assessment that measures (knowledge that has been taught.) a student's
performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick probe into
student achievement that provides current, week-by-week information
on the progress a child is making. -✓✓curriculum-based measurement
, • completed by parents and sometimes teachers and used to check for
symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that of
other children the same age. Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child
Behavior Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior Rating
Scale -✓✓behavior rating scales
• brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or
alternate forms of instruction (benchmark). -✓✓screening
• periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific
instruction and/or intervention. -✓✓progress monitoring
• assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses -✓✓diagnostic measure
• assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement or
improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes -
✓✓outcome measure
• standardized assessment that must be administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall
achievement to that of others of the same age and grade, or to identify
comparable strengths and weaknesses (state assessments). -✓✓formal
assessment
• (assessments that are not standardized) a process for gathering
information used to make educational decisions using means other than
assessments; can include projects, presentations, experiments,
demonstrations, performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling
tests, etc.). -✓✓informal assessment
• data that provide information about knowledge to be applied to short-
term goals. Collected during instruction through instructional activities,
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• designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic
academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson,
WRAT) -✓✓achievement test
• assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths
and weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of people
who have already taken the test, the "norming group," a national sample
of similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS) -
✓✓norm-referenced test
• assessment that (measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be
acquired in a domain.) tells how well students are performing on specific
goals or standards (do they meet the criteria?). -✓✓criterion-referenced
test
• any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-specified, standard
manner; each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given the
same tasks, provided the same information before and during the test,
has the same amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in
the same manner. These tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-
referenced, and either an achievement or an aptitude test. -
✓✓standardized tests
• assessment that measures (knowledge that has been taught.) a student's
performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick probe into
student achievement that provides current, week-by-week information
on the progress a child is making. -✓✓curriculum-based measurement
, • completed by parents and sometimes teachers and used to check for
symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that of
other children the same age. Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child
Behavior Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior Rating
Scale -✓✓behavior rating scales
• brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or
alternate forms of instruction (benchmark). -✓✓screening
• periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific
instruction and/or intervention. -✓✓progress monitoring
• assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and
weaknesses -✓✓diagnostic measure
• assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement or
improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes -
✓✓outcome measure
• standardized assessment that must be administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall
achievement to that of others of the same age and grade, or to identify
comparable strengths and weaknesses (state assessments). -✓✓formal
assessment
• (assessments that are not standardized) a process for gathering
information used to make educational decisions using means other than
assessments; can include projects, presentations, experiments,
demonstrations, performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling
tests, etc.). -✓✓informal assessment
• data that provide information about knowledge to be applied to short-
term goals. Collected during instruction through instructional activities,
