Assessment - correct answer the process of collecting and analyzing data for the
purpose of identifying and understanding student learning
Formative Assessment - correct answer a range of formal and informal assessment
procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning
activities to improve students' progress
Summative Assessment - correct answer results summarize the progress of students
as they complete their involvement in the learning task
Readability Formula - correct answer measures average word length and sentence
length to provide a grade-level score.
Lextile Framework - correct answer use to measure both student's reading levels and
the difficulty level of books
Portfolio - correct answer an evaluation tool used to document student learning
through a series of student-developed artifacts
Running Record - correct answer tool that helps teachers to identify patterns in
student reading behaviors.
Observations - correct answer a process by which the observer sits in on one or more
classroom sessions, records the instructor's teaching practices and student actions, and then meets with
the instructor to discuss the observations
Frustration Level - correct answer When student have trouble recognizing the words,
read in choppy sentences, and can't comprehend what he or she read
, Miscue - correct answer analysis is an assessment that helps a teacher identify the
cueing systems used by a reader, the strategies a reader uses to make sense of a text, instead of
focusing on errors
RTI - correct answer Response to Intervention: Divided up into 3 TIERS.
Tier 1: General Education classroom
Tier 2: Additional 30 minutes added to that particular subject
Tier 3: Small group for instruction by a specialty trained educator for a total of 150 instructional minutes
Intervention Plan - correct answer Plan to determine what should be taught, how it
should be taught, and what will provide evidence toward the learning
Rubric - correct answer defines in writing what is expected of the student to get a
particular grade on an assignment.
Anecdotal Record - correct answer observational method used frequently in
classroom or learning settings in which the observer summarizes a single developmental incident after
the event has occurred.
High-Stakes Testing - correct answer any test used to make important decisions
about students, educators, schools, or districts, most commonly for the purpose of accountability
Alphabetic Knowledge - correct answer The ability to recognize, name, and write
letters
Alphabetic principle - correct answer The understanding that there is a
logical/systematic relationship between the sounds of spoken English and the letters and letter-patterns
of written English
Decoding - correct answer The understanding of how to read each letter or letter
pattern in a word to determine the word's meaning