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What is analytic teaching?
Analytic teaching presents the whole and teaches how it can be broken down into
its component parts (e.g., syllable division).
What is synthetic teaching?
Synthetic teaching presents the parts of a language and then teaches how the parts
work together (e.g., spelling).
What is anaphora?
Anaphora is the use of a pronoun or definite article to refer to something already
mentioned. Example: The turtle moved slowly. It crept along.
What is a derivational morpheme?
Derivational morphemes are prefixes, suffixes, or inflectional endings that change
the syntactic classification of a word. Example: changing "drive" (verb) to "driver"
(noun).
What is a norm-referenced test?
A norm-referenced test is designed to compare individual students with national
averages or norms. Examples include the Woodcock Johnson test, Gray Oral
Reading Test, and ITBS.
What does a norm-referenced test report?
Norm-referenced test scores are usually reported as percentile ranks, ranging from
1st to 99th percentile. The average student typically scores at the 50th percentile.
What is a quartile?
A quartile is a way of describing the position of a score on a norm-referenced test.
The score falls into one of five groups.
What is a criterion-referenced test?
A criterion-referenced test describes specific skills or knowledge relative to a well-
defined mastery criterion. Examples include quick phonics screeners or STAAR
tests.
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