CALT TEST – ASSESSMENTS | PERFECT PREP FOR
EVERY PAPER | PRECISION IN EVERY ANSWER!
Intelligence test - Answer: identifies intelligence and cognitive strengths and
weaknesses. Includes measures of verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning,
working memory and processing speed (WISC-IV); verbal reasoning, quantitative
reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning and short-term memory (Stanford-Binet).
Examples: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), Stanford-Binet
Achievement test - Answer: designed to measure students' specific knowledge and
skills (basic academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson,
WRAT)
Norm-referenced test - Answer: assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a
student's strengths and weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of
people who have already taken the test, the "norming group," a national sample of
similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS, cog at)
Criterion-referenced test - Answer: assessment that (measures knowledge attained and
knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain.) Tells how well students are performing on
specific goals or standards (do they meet the criteria?). Example staar
Standardized tests - Answer: any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-
specified, standard manner; each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given
the same tasks, provided the same information before and during the test, has the same
amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in the same manner. These
tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced, and either an achievement
or an aptitude test.
Curriculum-based measurement - Answer: assessment that measures (knowledge that
has been taught.) A student's performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick
probe into student achievement that provides current, week-by-week information on the
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, progress a child is making. Ex: spelling test after being taught how to spell with (k)
sound.
Behavior rating scales - Answer: completed by parents and sometimes teachers and
used to check for symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that
of other children the same age. Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child Behavior
Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior Rating Scale
Screening - Answer: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction (benchmark).
Progress monitoring - Answer: periodic assessment that measures progress in
response to specific instruction and/or intervention.
Diagnostic measure - Answer: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a
student's strengths and weaknesses
Outcome measure - Answer: assessment that classifies a student in terms of
achievement or improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
Formal assessment - Answer: standardized assessment that must be administered and
scored according to prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall achievement to
that of others of the same age and grade, or to identify comparable strengths and
weaknesses (state assessments).
Informal assessment - Answer: (assessments that are not standardized) a process for
gathering information used to make educational decisions using means other than
assessments; can include projects, presentations, experiments, demonstrations,
performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling tests, etc.).
Formative data - Answer: data that provide information about knowledge to be applied
to short-term goals. Collected during instruction through instructional activities,
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EVERY PAPER | PRECISION IN EVERY ANSWER!
Intelligence test - Answer: identifies intelligence and cognitive strengths and
weaknesses. Includes measures of verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning,
working memory and processing speed (WISC-IV); verbal reasoning, quantitative
reasoning, abstract/visual reasoning and short-term memory (Stanford-Binet).
Examples: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV), Stanford-Binet
Achievement test - Answer: designed to measure students' specific knowledge and
skills (basic academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson,
WRAT)
Norm-referenced test - Answer: assessment that (provides a detailed analysis of a
student's strengths and weaknesses.) Compares a person's score against the scores of
people who have already taken the test, the "norming group," a national sample of
similar students (any test with research on). (WISC-IV, DIBELS, cog at)
Criterion-referenced test - Answer: assessment that (measures knowledge attained and
knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain.) Tells how well students are performing on
specific goals or standards (do they meet the criteria?). Example staar
Standardized tests - Answer: any tests that are administered and scored in a pre-
specified, standard manner; each test-taker is asked the same questions and/or given
the same tasks, provided the same information before and during the test, has the same
amount of time to take the test. All tests are also scored in the same manner. These
tests can be either norm-referenced or criterion-referenced, and either an achievement
or an aptitude test.
Curriculum-based measurement - Answer: assessment that measures (knowledge that
has been taught.) A student's performance in a local curriculum. The CBM is a quick
probe into student achievement that provides current, week-by-week information on the
1
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
, progress a child is making. Ex: spelling test after being taught how to spell with (k)
sound.
Behavior rating scales - Answer: completed by parents and sometimes teachers and
used to check for symptoms of ADHD; measure and compare a child's behavior to that
of other children the same age. Examples: Connor's Rating Scale, Child Behavior
Checklist, Behavior Evaluation Scale, Burk's Behavior Rating Scale
Screening - Answer: brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional
or alternate forms of instruction (benchmark).
Progress monitoring - Answer: periodic assessment that measures progress in
response to specific instruction and/or intervention.
Diagnostic measure - Answer: assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a
student's strengths and weaknesses
Outcome measure - Answer: assessment that classifies a student in terms of
achievement or improvement or grade-level performance based on targeted outcomes
Formal assessment - Answer: standardized assessment that must be administered and
scored according to prescribed procedures. Used to compare overall achievement to
that of others of the same age and grade, or to identify comparable strengths and
weaknesses (state assessments).
Informal assessment - Answer: (assessments that are not standardized) a process for
gathering information used to make educational decisions using means other than
assessments; can include projects, presentations, experiments, demonstrations,
performances, portfolios, observations, etc. (spelling tests, etc.).
Formative data - Answer: data that provide information about knowledge to be applied
to short-term goals. Collected during instruction through instructional activities,
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