Standards-Based Assessment - D184 OA

Standards-Based Assessment - D184 OA

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Standards-based assessment - (ANSWER)Measures that are used to evaluate student academic
achievement and to show that students have reached certain standards.



Performance level or standards - (ANSWER)Assessment that typically involves oral production, written
production, open-ended responses, integrated performance.



Standardized - (ANSWER)Tests that presuppose certain standard objectives or performance levels.



Consequential validity or impact - (ANSWER)Test's impact,including such considerations as its accuracy is
measuring intended criteria, it's effect on the preparation of test-takers, and the social consequences of
a test interpretation and use.



High-stakes testing - (ANSWER)An instrument that provides information on the basis of which significant
decisions are made about test- takers.



Critical language testing - (ANSWER)A movement to expose possible covert social and political roles of
language test.



Critical pedagogy - (ANSWER)An approach to learning and teaching that is motivated by reliefs about
education and its place in society.



1. To use English to communicate in social settings.

2. To use English to achieve academically in all content area.

3. To use English in Socially and Culturally appropriate ways. - (ANSWER)1. To use English to
communicate in social settings.

2. To use English to achieve academically in all content area.

3. To use English in Socially and Culturally appropriate ways.



CASAS - (ANSWER)The Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System.