CALP EVALUATION EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔outcome measure - ✔✔assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement
or improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
✔✔formal assessment - ✔✔standardized assessment administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures. Compare overall achievement to that of others of
the same age and grade, or to identify comparable strengths and weaknesses.
✔✔informal assessment - ✔✔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
✔✔pseudowords - ✔✔nonsense words that are phonetically regular
✔✔formative data - ✔✔data applied to short-term goals. Collected during instruction
through instructional activities, homework; used to adjust instructional practices in an
effort to maximize student learning.
✔✔summative data - ✔✔data applied to long-term, comprehensive goals. At the end of
a chapter, unit, or course, after instruction has taken place; used to make curriculum
decisions, direct future instruction, and improve instructional practices.
✔✔DIBELS - ✔✔Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills
✔✔TPRI - ✔✔Texas Primary Reading Inventory - a screening tool for early literacy skills
✔✔PALS - ✔✔Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening - comprehensive
assessment of a child's early literacy fundamentals that are predictive of future reading
success
, ✔✔WRAT - ✔✔Wide Range Achievement Test - brief achievement test measuring
reading recognition, spelling, arithmetic computation
✔✔Grade equivalent scores 8.4 - ✔✔Score is what a typical 8th grader would score at
the end of the 4th month. Are NOT a dependable representation of progress
✔✔standard scores - ✔✔Address a student's change in performance relative to the
mean rate of change for other students of his or her age group.
✔✔informal screening - ✔✔A brief assessment that identifies students who may need
additional testing or alternative instruction
✔✔Conner's Rating Scales - ✔✔Measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
✔✔A student is making A's and B's in the classroom but is a slow reader. The teacher
would like to assess her because of the reading difficulties. What type of assessment
should she give her? - ✔✔informal
✔✔acuity - ✔✔keenness of thought or vision
✔✔active listening - ✔✔giving one's full attention to the speaker and making eye
contact with him or her
✔✔structured instruction - ✔✔instruction that follows ordered procedures
✔✔direct instruction - ✔✔instruction in which concepts are explicitly taught
✔✔diagnostic teaching - ✔✔teaching that is informed by a continual assessmentvof
student needs
✔✔prescriptive teaching - ✔✔individualized teaching based on needs
✔✔systematic and cumulative instruction - ✔✔teaching with a logical order of
introduction of concepts that progress from easiest to more difficult
✔✔explicit instruction - ✔✔direct, purposeful instruction
✔✔VAKT - ✔✔(Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic-Tactile), a multisensory method that can be
used to help children remember words
✔✔Top-Down Theory - ✔✔Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith
Whole Language Characteristics
Strong meaning based
psycholinguistic guessing game
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔outcome measure - ✔✔assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement
or improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
✔✔formal assessment - ✔✔standardized assessment administered and scored
according to prescribed procedures. Compare overall achievement to that of others of
the same age and grade, or to identify comparable strengths and weaknesses.
✔✔informal assessment - ✔✔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
✔✔pseudowords - ✔✔nonsense words that are phonetically regular
✔✔formative data - ✔✔data applied to short-term goals. Collected during instruction
through instructional activities, homework; used to adjust instructional practices in an
effort to maximize student learning.
✔✔summative data - ✔✔data applied to long-term, comprehensive goals. At the end of
a chapter, unit, or course, after instruction has taken place; used to make curriculum
decisions, direct future instruction, and improve instructional practices.
✔✔DIBELS - ✔✔Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills
✔✔TPRI - ✔✔Texas Primary Reading Inventory - a screening tool for early literacy skills
✔✔PALS - ✔✔Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening - comprehensive
assessment of a child's early literacy fundamentals that are predictive of future reading
success
, ✔✔WRAT - ✔✔Wide Range Achievement Test - brief achievement test measuring
reading recognition, spelling, arithmetic computation
✔✔Grade equivalent scores 8.4 - ✔✔Score is what a typical 8th grader would score at
the end of the 4th month. Are NOT a dependable representation of progress
✔✔standard scores - ✔✔Address a student's change in performance relative to the
mean rate of change for other students of his or her age group.
✔✔informal screening - ✔✔A brief assessment that identifies students who may need
additional testing or alternative instruction
✔✔Conner's Rating Scales - ✔✔Measure Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
✔✔A student is making A's and B's in the classroom but is a slow reader. The teacher
would like to assess her because of the reading difficulties. What type of assessment
should she give her? - ✔✔informal
✔✔acuity - ✔✔keenness of thought or vision
✔✔active listening - ✔✔giving one's full attention to the speaker and making eye
contact with him or her
✔✔structured instruction - ✔✔instruction that follows ordered procedures
✔✔direct instruction - ✔✔instruction in which concepts are explicitly taught
✔✔diagnostic teaching - ✔✔teaching that is informed by a continual assessmentvof
student needs
✔✔prescriptive teaching - ✔✔individualized teaching based on needs
✔✔systematic and cumulative instruction - ✔✔teaching with a logical order of
introduction of concepts that progress from easiest to more difficult
✔✔explicit instruction - ✔✔direct, purposeful instruction
✔✔VAKT - ✔✔(Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic-Tactile), a multisensory method that can be
used to help children remember words
✔✔Top-Down Theory - ✔✔Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith
Whole Language Characteristics
Strong meaning based
psycholinguistic guessing game
