Deck 1: Assessment in Social and Educational Contexts

Question 1

_________ is the set of unique educational services and supports provided to students with disabilities who meet particular criteria.

Answer 1

Special education

Question 2

_________ refers to the education of people with and without disabilities in the same classrooms.

Answer 2

inclusive education

Question 3

Some certification and licensure boards utilize _________ to ensure that teachers and psychologists have the necessary knowledge and skills to administer, score, and interpret assessments.

Answer 3

competency-based assessment

Question 4

The ultimate goal of assessment is

A) quantitative information about performance.
B) categorizing students for special education.
C) identifying schools in need of improvement.
D) improved outcomes for all students.

Question 5

Social skills are difficult to measure with a test. This is an example of the following assessment concept:

A) Different decisions often require different data.
B) Different methods may be needed for different students.
C) Different skills often require different methods.
D) All of the answer choices are correct.

Question 6

A test of a student's short-term memory does not provide tell school professionals what to teach or how to teach that child. Therefore, some might say that this short-term memory test requires a _________ level of inference.

Question 7

Differentiated instruction is a process that involves

A) matching the content and instructional approach to individual students' learning needs.
B) teaching to meet the needs of the majority of students in a class.
C) matching the content and instructional approach to individual students' interests.
D) teaching students with disabilities in general educational classrooms as much as possible.

Question 8

Assessment tools that require a high level of inference

A) are useful in the classroom because they have less items and require less time.
B) should always be used to inform classroom instruction.
C) should be avoided because they misrepresent students' actual skills.
D) competency-based assessment.

Question 9

Which of the following is the best example of inclusive education?

A) Students who speak different languages being educated in the same classroom.
B) Students with and without disabilities being educated in the same classroom.
C) Students with disabilities being educated in a special education classroom.
D) Students with different reading levels being educated in the same classroom.

Question 10

_________ is the process of collecting information or data for the purpose of making decisions.

Question 11

Teachers can use _________ to match the content and instructional approaches used to the learning needs of their students.

Question 12

Assessment should be viewed as

A) changing and continuous.
B) a necessary burden for teachers.
C) another name for testing.
D) a one-time snapshot of a student.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of rate of progress?

A) Tom correctly answered 6 out of 12 math calculation problems.
B) Tom increased his math calculation skills by 2 problems per week.
C) Tom can complete 3 math problems correctly in a 1-minute period.
D) Tom completes 50% less problems in the same amount of time as his classmates.

Question 14

When interpreting test results, it is important to remember

A) tests are samples of behavior, and different tests sample different behaviors.
B) all tests generally have the same technical adequacy.
C) to use many tests with each student, because each test provides useful information.
D) that only one test is needed to make a decision about a student.

Question 15

The terms "testing" and "assessment" are not synonymous because

A) assessment is used to make classification decisions, but testing is not.
B) assessment is done at a different time from testing.
C) testing is just one part of assessment.
D) testing provides data, but assessment does not.

Question 16

To ensure that teachers and psychologists have the knowledge and skills to administer, score, and interpret assessments, some certification and licensure boards require

A) formal training in assessment.
B) simulation assessment.
C) mastery-based assessment.
D) competency-based assessment.

Question 17

Schools must provide multiple levels of support to enable each student to be successful in attaining the _________ as required by state and federal regulations.

Question 18

A set of tasks or questions intended to elicit particular types of behaviors when presented under standardized conditions and to yield scores that have desirable psychometric properties is called a(n) __________.

Question 19

Assessment data are most appropriately used to

A) label students. ​
B) make decisions about students.
C) avoid the need for testing students.
D) remove students from mainstream settings.

Question 20

The way in which assessment is more than just the collection of information in that it is

A) done by a professional.
B) repeated periodically.
C) more expensive.
D) done with a  purpose.

Question 21

Describe at least three ways that assessment practices have improved in recent years.

Question 22

Explain why different assessment methods are needed in education.

Question 23

School personnel are expected to provide all students with a predetermined set of competencies. Explain how diversity in the classroom makes this process difficult. Additionally, give examples of the ways in which classrooms are diverse.

Question 24

Assessment impacts many groups, including parents, teachers, the general public, and certification boards. Describe how assessment might impact each of these groups.