EDCI 3701 Final Exam preparation
questions with guaranteed
success 2025.
Assessment definition and purpose - Correct Answer A process
of collecting data for the purpose of making decisions about
individuals and groups.
Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA) - Correct Answer An
approach that uses direct observation and recording of a
student's performance in the school curriculum as a basis for
obtaining information to make instructional decisions (Deno,
1987)
Examples of CBA - Correct Answer - Inventories and Screening
Devices
- Classroom Quizzes
- Criterion-Referenced Tests
- CBM
Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) - Correct Answer The use
of specific procedures whereby the student's academic skills are
assessed from repeated rate samples using stimulus materials
taken from the student's curriculum.
,Assessment decisions - Correct Answer At a 'street' level:
o Screening decisions
o Progress monitoring decisions
o Diagnostic decisions
o Accountability/outcome decisions
Critical areas of reading instruction - Correct Answer
Comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, phonemic awareness,
phonics
Informal reading inventory - Correct Answer Provides
information about a student's general reading level
Involves a student reading passages of increasing grade-level
difficulty and answering passage-related questions
Goal is to determine a student's instructional reading level (vs.
independent or frustration level)
o Student can recognize 95 percent of the words in the passage
and comprehends about 75 percent of the material
CBM- Survey Level Assessment - Correct Answer - Provides a
general sample of a student's reading behavior and used to
determine a student's instructional level and guide
assessment/instruction
- Steps include administering 3 grade-level passages, determining
both median Words Read Correctly in a Minute (WRCM) and
errors; determine if in instructional range (see attachment); if yes,
use grade-level reading passages for progress-monitoring
purposes; if not, repeat process in next-lower grade-level material
until instructional level determined; use accompanying scale to
determine progress-monitoring material
, Betts Criteria - Correct Answer -Used for determining passage
reading level
-Utilize graded word lists (i.e., recognition) and passages (i.e.,
question comprehension)
Three levels of Betts Criteria - Correct Answer Three levels:
- Independent - 99-100% word recognition and 90-100%
comprehension
- Instructional - 95-98% word recognition and 75-89%
comprehension
- Frustration - 90% or lower word recognition or 50% or lower
comprehension
Math CBM - Correct Answer -Historical focus was on
computation
-Recent focus has switched to concepts and applications for
school-aged populations above first grade
-Early numeracy skill development the focus of kindergarten and
first grades
Standard deviation (SD) - Correct Answer Distance from the
mean.
On most scales of interest, one SD = 15 points
68% of the population is within 1 SD of the mean (+ or -);
AVERAGE RANGE
96% of the population is within 2 SD of the mean (+ or -)
questions with guaranteed
success 2025.
Assessment definition and purpose - Correct Answer A process
of collecting data for the purpose of making decisions about
individuals and groups.
Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA) - Correct Answer An
approach that uses direct observation and recording of a
student's performance in the school curriculum as a basis for
obtaining information to make instructional decisions (Deno,
1987)
Examples of CBA - Correct Answer - Inventories and Screening
Devices
- Classroom Quizzes
- Criterion-Referenced Tests
- CBM
Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) - Correct Answer The use
of specific procedures whereby the student's academic skills are
assessed from repeated rate samples using stimulus materials
taken from the student's curriculum.
,Assessment decisions - Correct Answer At a 'street' level:
o Screening decisions
o Progress monitoring decisions
o Diagnostic decisions
o Accountability/outcome decisions
Critical areas of reading instruction - Correct Answer
Comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, phonemic awareness,
phonics
Informal reading inventory - Correct Answer Provides
information about a student's general reading level
Involves a student reading passages of increasing grade-level
difficulty and answering passage-related questions
Goal is to determine a student's instructional reading level (vs.
independent or frustration level)
o Student can recognize 95 percent of the words in the passage
and comprehends about 75 percent of the material
CBM- Survey Level Assessment - Correct Answer - Provides a
general sample of a student's reading behavior and used to
determine a student's instructional level and guide
assessment/instruction
- Steps include administering 3 grade-level passages, determining
both median Words Read Correctly in a Minute (WRCM) and
errors; determine if in instructional range (see attachment); if yes,
use grade-level reading passages for progress-monitoring
purposes; if not, repeat process in next-lower grade-level material
until instructional level determined; use accompanying scale to
determine progress-monitoring material
, Betts Criteria - Correct Answer -Used for determining passage
reading level
-Utilize graded word lists (i.e., recognition) and passages (i.e.,
question comprehension)
Three levels of Betts Criteria - Correct Answer Three levels:
- Independent - 99-100% word recognition and 90-100%
comprehension
- Instructional - 95-98% word recognition and 75-89%
comprehension
- Frustration - 90% or lower word recognition or 50% or lower
comprehension
Math CBM - Correct Answer -Historical focus was on
computation
-Recent focus has switched to concepts and applications for
school-aged populations above first grade
-Early numeracy skill development the focus of kindergarten and
first grades
Standard deviation (SD) - Correct Answer Distance from the
mean.
On most scales of interest, one SD = 15 points
68% of the population is within 1 SD of the mean (+ or -);
AVERAGE RANGE
96% of the population is within 2 SD of the mean (+ or -)
