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special education - Correct Answer specifically designed
instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of the
learner with a disability
assessment - Correct Answer the process of collecting data for
the purpose of making decisions about students or schools
formal assessment - Correct Answer - standardized, norm-
reference tested
- administered by diagnosticians
- used to see if students need SPED or not
informal assessment - Correct Answer - non-standardized
- teacher-created assessment
- (Ex: giving students a quiz; interviewing parents)
formative assessment - Correct Answer assessment used during
instruction to inform your next decision (Ex: asking students,
"Does everything make sense?")
summative assessment - Correct Answer - completed after
instruction
, - summarizes the effects of the instruction
- (Ex: final exam)
mastery measurement - Correct Answer - accuracy-based,
short-term, weekly skill-based quizzes
- (Ex: spelling tests)
general outcome measurement - Correct Answer - long-term
(for the whole academic year)
- rate-based
- curriculum focused
- occurs weekly
- (Ex: naming 20 letters in 1 minute)
curriculum-based measurement (CBM) - Correct Answer -
standardized rate-based assessment for progress monitoring (ex:
general outcome measurement)
- tests certain skills of the students and their academic progress
- repeated testing using specific administration & scoring
guidelines
- time + accuracy based (means rate-based)
- specific example of CBA
- targets reading, math, language, writing, social studies, &
science