WGU D003 - Assessment in Special Education
Questions With Verified Multiple Choice and
Conceptual Actual 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices - ANSWER 1. Protect the health
and safety of all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in compliance with state and federal laws
relevant to the conduct of professional activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas of their competence and experience,
affording full disclosure of their professional qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally
responsible conduct with educational institutions and agencies that provide
educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with honesty, integrity, due care, and
fairness.
2. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 - ANSWER is a government mandate to
schools and states to have ALL children up to grade level with their peers. It set
unrealistic goals and penalized schools that did not make Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP). The act also required all teachers become "highly qualified". With
these new benchmarks and changes to the ways states' addressed education,
came increased accountability. Failure could mean a decrease in funding or
,dissolution of a school/district. Achievement was linked to standardized testing
done grades 3-8 and at least one year during high school. Tied achievement to
annual standardized tests. These tests are administered to grades 3-8 and at least
one year between 9-12th grades.
3. Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized - ANSWER
Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to develop and
administered to "all" students and required that all schools make "Adequate
Yearly Practice". It also included "special needs students" in the definition of all
students. States were required to set challenging standards for student
achievement, and develop and administer assessments to measure student
progress towards those standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and IDEA can be
seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the bar.'
4. Instruction is most effective when - ANSWER 1. Directed toward a clearly
defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction are congruent with the outcomes to
be achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the characteristics and needs of the students.
4. Instructional decisions are based on information that is meaningful,
dependable, and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically reviewed and the intended learning
outcomes and instruction modified as needed.
, 5. Assessment is most effective when - ANSWER 1. Designed to assess a
clearly defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments are congruent with the outcomes
to be assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the relevant student characteristics and are
fair to everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students early feedback of assessment results.
6. Specific learning weaknesses are revealed by the assessment results.
7. Assessment results provide information useful for evaluating the
appropriateness of the objectives, the methods, and the materials of instruction.
6. Authentic Assessments - ANSWER A title for performance assessments that
stresses the importance of focusing on the application of understandings and skills
to real problems in real-world; contextual settings.
7. Achievement Assessment - ANSWER achievement assessment is a broad
category that includes all of the various methods for determining the extent to
which students are achieving the intended learning outcomes of instruction
8. Alternative Assessments - ANSWER A title for performance assessments
that emphasizes that these assessment methods provide an alternative to
traditional paper-and-pencil testing.
9. Content standards - ANSWER describe what students should know and be
able to do at the end of a specified period of learning (e.g., a grade or series of
Questions With Verified Multiple Choice and
Conceptual Actual 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices - ANSWER 1. Protect the health
and safety of all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in compliance with state and federal laws
relevant to the conduct of professional activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas of their competence and experience,
affording full disclosure of their professional qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct and promote professionally
responsible conduct with educational institutions and agencies that provide
educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with honesty, integrity, due care, and
fairness.
2. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 - ANSWER is a government mandate to
schools and states to have ALL children up to grade level with their peers. It set
unrealistic goals and penalized schools that did not make Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP). The act also required all teachers become "highly qualified". With
these new benchmarks and changes to the ways states' addressed education,
came increased accountability. Failure could mean a decrease in funding or
,dissolution of a school/district. Achievement was linked to standardized testing
done grades 3-8 and at least one year during high school. Tied achievement to
annual standardized tests. These tests are administered to grades 3-8 and at least
one year between 9-12th grades.
3. Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994 (ESEA). Reauthorized - ANSWER
Challenging standards were set for student achievement and to develop and
administered to "all" students and required that all schools make "Adequate
Yearly Practice". It also included "special needs students" in the definition of all
students. States were required to set challenging standards for student
achievement, and develop and administer assessments to measure student
progress towards those standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and IDEA can be
seen as legislated attempts to 'raise the bar.'
4. Instruction is most effective when - ANSWER 1. Directed toward a clearly
defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction are congruent with the outcomes to
be achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the characteristics and needs of the students.
4. Instructional decisions are based on information that is meaningful,
dependable, and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically reviewed and the intended learning
outcomes and instruction modified as needed.
, 5. Assessment is most effective when - ANSWER 1. Designed to assess a
clearly defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments are congruent with the outcomes
to be assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the relevant student characteristics and are
fair to everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students early feedback of assessment results.
6. Specific learning weaknesses are revealed by the assessment results.
7. Assessment results provide information useful for evaluating the
appropriateness of the objectives, the methods, and the materials of instruction.
6. Authentic Assessments - ANSWER A title for performance assessments that
stresses the importance of focusing on the application of understandings and skills
to real problems in real-world; contextual settings.
7. Achievement Assessment - ANSWER achievement assessment is a broad
category that includes all of the various methods for determining the extent to
which students are achieving the intended learning outcomes of instruction
8. Alternative Assessments - ANSWER A title for performance assessments
that emphasizes that these assessment methods provide an alternative to
traditional paper-and-pencil testing.
9. Content standards - ANSWER describe what students should know and be
able to do at the end of a specified period of learning (e.g., a grade or series of
