assessment questions with
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What is DBI to Special Education? - Ans Effective special
education instruction
DBI - Ans Determining if the implemented program is effective by
collecting data from progress monitoring and diagnostics, making
changes if the current program does not work
When does DBI typically start? - Ans In Tier 2 of RTI
CBM - Ans Can make changes, assess, and evaluate on a
LONGTERM basis
What to do if DBI does not work as expected - Ans o Make
changes with different intervention
o Check diagnostic assessment to see WHAT aspect of a topic
needs more improvement
o Quantitative/Qualitative change
Norm-Referenced Assessment - Ans Assessment administered
with comparative numbers; age and grade based. *Students’
, scores are compared to their peers, so it a General Based
Measure
Is a Norm-Referenced Assessment Formal or Unformal? - Ans
Formal, and typically not given by teachers
o EX: Wechslers Individual Achievement Test
Criterion Referenced Assessment - Ans Scores are compared to a
standard based upon the criteria at multiple levels
o Is a mastery measure
o EX: LEAP Tests/Final Exams
Survey Level Assessment - Ans Determines instructional range or
levels of a student
o Informal Reading Assessment/Inventory
o Use of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Data
ORF - Ans End up with 3 scores: Number of words read correctly,
errors, and level of passage
o Is a type of CBM
Emergent Literacy - Ans Assessment includes concepts about
print and phonological awareness
Concept of Print - Ans The idea of understanding HOW to read