ICLA 340 Exam Questions And Answers!!

Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI) - Answer -A test administered to Idaho K-3 students to measure ability in the critical domains of reading. Scored by benchmarks (Tier 1-3) Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) - Answer -Idahos computerized standardized achievement exams, given state wide to students third grade and above in language arts, math and science Informal Assessment - Answer -Assessment with room for teacher discretion, adjustment and interpretation. Used to check for understanding and guide instruction Commonly contrasted with formal assessment Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) - Answer -The use of graded series of passages of increasing difficulty to determine students strengths, needs and strategies in word identification and comprehension, gages frustration, instructional and independent reading levels norm-referenced assessment - Answer -A test that compares student's skills with peers of same grade level, thereby helping ascertain whether a student has acquired the skills needed to function successfully at his or her grade level. Example: Assessment given to determine a need for academic support. self-assessment - Answer -Another term for self-evaluation. standardized assessment - Answer -requires all students to answer the same questions in the same way and is administered and scored in the same way Summative Assessment - Answer -Evaluation of student learning at the end of an instructional unit which seeks to monitor educational outcomes, often for purposes of external accountability Authentic Assessment - Answer -A type of assessment designed to evaluate students literacy skills in real world situations as opposed to their performance on a standardized testcriterion referenced assessment - Answer -assessment of performance on a test in terms of the kind of behavior or knowledge expected of a person with a given score