Deck 13: Assessment of Early Literacy Development

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an important principle of effective assessment?

A) Students should be actively engaged in assessment.
B) The core of assessment should be standardized achievement tests.
C) Assessment should take many forms.
D) Assessment should take place on a daily basis.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is an assessment tool designed to measure the extent to which a student has mastered a specific skill?

A) Norm-referenced test
B) Criterion-referenced test
C) Continuous-progress test
D) Achievement test

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is the basis of comparing the performances of students on standardized tests?

A) Raw scores
B) Criteria
C) Norms
D) Stanines

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is the most effective informal test for measuring a student's overall strengths and needs in reading?

A) A cloze test
B) Oral reading from a basal reader
C) An informal reading inventory
D) A story retelling

Question 5

Which of the following is the major value of an informal reading inventory?

A) It allows teachers to compare students with others across the nation.
B) It is short and quick.
C) It is an objectively graded test.
D) It allows individual assessment in an authentic reading situation.

Question 6

The independent reading level is that level at which a student reads well, _____.

A) with the teacher's guidance
B) with content area material
C) orally after preparation by the teacher
D) with no assistance from the teacher

Question 7

Which of the following is the highest level at which a student can read satisfactorily yet be challenged to acquire new skills and strategies?

A) Reading capacity level
B) Frustration level
C) Instructional level
D) Independent level

Question 8

In analyzing a student's reading miscues, the teacher would be most concerned if which of the following was true of the miscue?

A) It affected the meaning of the text.
B) It is later corrected by the student.
C) It affects the accuracy .
D) It is repeated several times.

Question 9

Which of the following is a true statement regarding the value of teachers' observations of their students' literacy status?

A) Teachers' daily records are truly dynamic documentations of students' growth over time.
B) Teachers' observations are subjective and therefore of little value.
C) Teachers' observations are of less value than formalized test data.
D) Researchers question the value of teachers' observations of young students.

Question 10

An interest and attitude inventory is effective when a teacher wishes to determine which of the following?

A) A student's reading preferences
B) A student's mental age
C) A student's reading capacity level
D) A student's social skills

Question 11

When a specific assessment shows that a large number of students have a specific instructional need, a teacher should consider doing which of the following?

A) Compare the class scores with a norming group
B) Immediately perform an additional assessment of the skill or concept
C) Provide direct instruction of the skill or concept during shared or guided reading
D) A and C only

Question 12

Which of the following is a true statement regarding Response to Intervention (RTI)?

A) RTI was authorized by the No Child Left Behind legislation.
B) RTI is a framework that incorporates both assessment and intervention so that immediate benefits come to the student.
C) RTI is a quick and efficient way to determine if a student is eligible for special education.
D) In the classroom, RTI instruction has two tiers.

Question 13

In order for teaching to be effective, there must be a __________relationship between assessment and teaching.

Question 14

__________are generally developed by a publisher or by a school district to allow an objective determination about whether grade level standards have been met.

Question 15

A __________ is an informal assessment device for comprehension that contains a short passage with certain words deleted and replaced with blanks.

Question 16

Teachers' informal observations of students involved in literacy events can be recorded in brief logs known as __________.

Question 17

Teachers can use __________to display the literacy work and progress of each of the students in their class over time.

Question 18

__________focuses on the use of tests that measure reading and spelling skills as well as the subskills of those areas.

Question 19

Formal tests, usually administered in a group, that give the teacher a "ballpark" estimate of the reading abilities of a class are known as __________.

Question 20

A sample group of students who have taken a test under controlled conditions to determine average performance is called the __________.

Question 21

Assessment and instruction should __________with state standards.

Question 22

__________ refers to the process of ongoing data, usually informally, gathered during instructionthat both informs and guides teachers as they make instructional decisions.

Question 23

Explain the decision-making process you might go through as you set up an assessment program-incorporating data from a wide variety of assessment tools-to evaluate the literacy growth of the students in your class.

Question 24

List the types of strengths and needs that could be determined through the use of an informal readinginventory. Discuss the important teacher considerations for selecting, administering, and interpretingthe results of this informal reading device for a student in a second-grade classroom.

Question 25

Give several examples of both formative (less formal) and summative (more evaluative and formal) assessment devices. Explain how employing a combination of both types of assessment devices will foster meaningful instruction based on the needs of the students in your class.