SPED 424 Midterm EXAM 1 Questions AND Correct Answers
___________ assessment is typically more valid than ________, as it
has less bias - ✔✔formal; informal
A ______ is a starting point that represents the level of mastery a task
below which the student would correctly answer all the items on a
test: - ✔✔basal
A diagnostician who looks at the quality of a student's academic
environment is focusing the assessment on the - ✔✔instructional
environment
A good assessment practice requires that all the following conditions
are mer with regard to accommodations, EXCEPT for:
- no accommodation be used that could not be used with all students
- that all accommodations used were also used in standardization and
norming, as stated in the test manual
- accommodations are listed as appropriate by the school district and
by the national parent advocate association - ✔✔accommodations
are listed as appropriate by the school district and by the national
parent advocate association
A good test must be considered misleading if - ✔✔it has inadequate
norms
, A reliability correlation coefficient is BEST represented by which of the
following statements?
- consistency across time, item content, and examiner
- the comparison of the item content to external criteria
- consistency across tests, criteria, and examinees
- rxy - ✔✔consistency across time, item content, and examiner
a student will learn English as a second language more quickly if..... -
✔✔their native language is developing and proficient
a test has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. The test is
normally distributed on a standardized normal curve. Mary has a
score of 55. Logically where would Mary's percentile score fall? -
✔✔50-84%ile
a validity coefficient is the correlation between - ✔✔a test and the
criterion measure
Although not likely, it is possible to have a score in a normal curve
that is 30 standard deviations below the mean. This is because the
normal distribution is - ✔✔asymptotic
an example of a current life circumstance that should be considered in
conduction an assessment of a child is: - ✔✔the child's health
___________ assessment is typically more valid than ________, as it
has less bias - ✔✔formal; informal
A ______ is a starting point that represents the level of mastery a task
below which the student would correctly answer all the items on a
test: - ✔✔basal
A diagnostician who looks at the quality of a student's academic
environment is focusing the assessment on the - ✔✔instructional
environment
A good assessment practice requires that all the following conditions
are mer with regard to accommodations, EXCEPT for:
- no accommodation be used that could not be used with all students
- that all accommodations used were also used in standardization and
norming, as stated in the test manual
- accommodations are listed as appropriate by the school district and
by the national parent advocate association - ✔✔accommodations
are listed as appropriate by the school district and by the national
parent advocate association
A good test must be considered misleading if - ✔✔it has inadequate
norms
, A reliability correlation coefficient is BEST represented by which of the
following statements?
- consistency across time, item content, and examiner
- the comparison of the item content to external criteria
- consistency across tests, criteria, and examinees
- rxy - ✔✔consistency across time, item content, and examiner
a student will learn English as a second language more quickly if..... -
✔✔their native language is developing and proficient
a test has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. The test is
normally distributed on a standardized normal curve. Mary has a
score of 55. Logically where would Mary's percentile score fall? -
✔✔50-84%ile
a validity coefficient is the correlation between - ✔✔a test and the
criterion measure
Although not likely, it is possible to have a score in a normal curve
that is 30 standard deviations below the mean. This is because the
normal distribution is - ✔✔asymptotic
an example of a current life circumstance that should be considered in
conduction an assessment of a child is: - ✔✔the child's health
