Assessment in Special
Education Unit 3:
Eligibility Process | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, True or False False
All progress monitoring is required to be systematic
and objective. (Not all progress monitoring is highly systematic and objective. For example,
teachers often use grades to determine whether students are making sufficient
progress, which often involves subjective evaluation.)
What can progress monitoring be used to do? Help develop appropriate and specific annual Individualized Education
Select two. Program (IEP) goals
Make decisions about instructional changes for individuals who are not
progressing toward specified goals
(Progress monitoring can be useful in helping to develop annual IEP goals and
making instructional decision about students when they are not meeting
predetermined goals.)
Effective progress monitoring includes which Representative samplings of knowledge and skills expected to be learned
characteristics? across the selected time period
Select two.
Direct measurement of basic skills
Which of the following progress monitoring tools Curriculum-based measurement
involves a standardized set of procedures that allow
one to directly measure important skills in a relatively (Curriculum-based measurement involves a standardized set of procedures
short amount of time? that allow one to directly measure important skills in a relatively short amount
of time.)
What is the definition of rate of improvement (ROI)? The difference between two scores of a student at two different times divided
by the elapsed time
(The rate of improvement shows how much a student has improved by
comparing scores over time.)
Sceniro Consider the following IEP goal:
"Given ten unfamiliar vocabulary words from each sixth-grade academic
subject area, the student will explain the meaning of the words using
vocabulary strategies such as context clues, structural analysis, and subject
area knowledge in 9 of 10 correct in five consecutive trials by the end of the
year."
Match the aspect of the goal to the corresponding goal element.
Accessible mode
"The student will explain the meaning of the words Targeted Behavior
using vocabulary strategies such as context clues,
structural analysis, and subject area knowledge" (The target behavior is the academic or functional skill that the student needs
to demonstrate.)
"Given ten unfamiliar vocabulary words from each sixth- Condition
grade academic subject area"
(The condition is the context or environment in which the student needs to
demonstrate the skill.)
Education Unit 3:
Eligibility Process | Study
Guide, Practice Questions
& Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, True or False False
All progress monitoring is required to be systematic
and objective. (Not all progress monitoring is highly systematic and objective. For example,
teachers often use grades to determine whether students are making sufficient
progress, which often involves subjective evaluation.)
What can progress monitoring be used to do? Help develop appropriate and specific annual Individualized Education
Select two. Program (IEP) goals
Make decisions about instructional changes for individuals who are not
progressing toward specified goals
(Progress monitoring can be useful in helping to develop annual IEP goals and
making instructional decision about students when they are not meeting
predetermined goals.)
Effective progress monitoring includes which Representative samplings of knowledge and skills expected to be learned
characteristics? across the selected time period
Select two.
Direct measurement of basic skills
Which of the following progress monitoring tools Curriculum-based measurement
involves a standardized set of procedures that allow
one to directly measure important skills in a relatively (Curriculum-based measurement involves a standardized set of procedures
short amount of time? that allow one to directly measure important skills in a relatively short amount
of time.)
What is the definition of rate of improvement (ROI)? The difference between two scores of a student at two different times divided
by the elapsed time
(The rate of improvement shows how much a student has improved by
comparing scores over time.)
Sceniro Consider the following IEP goal:
"Given ten unfamiliar vocabulary words from each sixth-grade academic
subject area, the student will explain the meaning of the words using
vocabulary strategies such as context clues, structural analysis, and subject
area knowledge in 9 of 10 correct in five consecutive trials by the end of the
year."
Match the aspect of the goal to the corresponding goal element.
Accessible mode
"The student will explain the meaning of the words Targeted Behavior
using vocabulary strategies such as context clues,
structural analysis, and subject area knowledge" (The target behavior is the academic or functional skill that the student needs
to demonstrate.)
"Given ten unfamiliar vocabulary words from each sixth- Condition
grade academic subject area"
(The condition is the context or environment in which the student needs to
demonstrate the skill.)
