Chapter 4 (Friend)

Chapter 4

Assessing students needs:

-Assessment – process of gathering info to monitor progress and make educational decisions

-screening –type of assessment decision concerning whether or not a a student’s academic or behavior performance is difficult enough from that of his or her peers to merit further, more in-depth assessment

-diagnosis- type of assessment decision concerning whether or not a student meets established federal guidelines for being classified as having a disability and, if so, the nature and extent of the disability. http://www.nichcy.org/Disabilities/Specific/Pages/Default.aspx

-program placement – type of assessment decision concerning whether a special education program should be terminated, continued as is, or modified

-curriculum placement – type of assessment decision concerning where to begin instruction for students

-instructional evaluation – type of assessment decision concerning whether to continue or change instructional procedures that have been initiated with students

-program evaluation – type of assessment  decision concerning where a special education program should be terminated, terminated as is, or modified.

-high-stakes test – assessment designed to measure whether students have obtained state learning standards

                  -accommodations may include changing the setting of the test, changing the timing of the test, changing the response format, allowing students to mark responses in test books rather than on Scantron, and changing the presentation format

- standardized achievement tests- norm-referenced test designed to measure academic progress, or what students have retained in the curriculum

        1. group-administered standardized achievement test – standardized achievement test given to large groups of students at one time, usually administered by general education teachers, useful as a screening measure

        2. individually administered diagnostic test – diagnostic achievement test given to one student at a time, often administered by a special education teacher or school psychologist, useful as a diagnostic measure. These tests provide more specific information than group-administered achievement tests do.

-psychological tests – test designed to measure how efficiently students learn in an instructional situation; often used to assess intelligence and to determine whether learning disabilities exist

-alternate assessment – a form of functional assessment for students with severe disabilities who are unable to participate in the standard state and district-wide  assessment program http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/

-curriculum-based assessment – method of measuring the level of achievement of students in terms of what they are taught in the classroom  http://www.jimwrightonline.com/pdfdocs/cbaManual.pdf