RICA Buzzwords With Complete solutions (A+)
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Assessment - Answer The total process of collecting information to make instructional
decisions. Testing is one part of assessment.
Formal Assessment - Answer Uses standardized tests.
Informal Assessment - Answer Can employ any number on non-standardized measures:
teacher-prepared tests, daily, on-going observations; published informal inventories;
checklists; interest inventories; interviews or student portfolios.
Norm-referenced test- Published standardized tests for which norms based on the
performances of large numbers of students have been developed. Allows for
comparisons of student's performance with those of a typical group of the same age or
grade.
High-stakes testing- When serious "high-stakes" consequences are tied to the students'
performance. Cahsee and tests that dictate promotion. Can affect graduation or even
teacher salaries.
Low-stakes testing - Answer Primarily designed to plan for higher-quality instruction
and is not used to reward or penalize learning or instruction after the fact. Often
employs informal, rather than standardized.
Screening - Answer A procedure in which groups of children are examined and/or
tested in an effort to identify children who are most likely to have a disability; identified
children are then referred for more intensive examination and assessment.
Progress monitoring - Answer After students have been identified at risk for reading
failure they participate in cycles of instruction and assessment. For RtI
, Diagnosis - Answer The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by
examination of the symptoms
Outcome evaluation - Answer.
Standard Error of Measurement - Answer States the principle that the scores obtained
from tests are merely estimates of the individual's "true score" and that the true score of
any student is in the range of scores.
Raw Score - Answer The amount of items a student has responded to correctly for each
subtest or for the total test. Raw scores do not mean anything, but give the basis on
which more useful scores are calculated.
Percentile Rank - Answer The percent of students in the norming group that had scores
either lower or higher than this student's score. 55% means that 55% scored lower,
should not be used to determine growth
Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) - Answer A statistical interpretation of percentile score
useful in examining group performance. Unlike percentile scores, these scores have
been transformed into equal units of achievement. NCE is often used in Title 1
programs.
Grade Level Equivalent - Answer The score expected of the average student at the
grade level designated. For example, a score of 4.2 indicates the student scored at the
same level as the average student in the group used for norming who was in the second
month of fourth grade.
Stanine - Answer A statistical interpretation of percentile rank useful in examining an
individual's score. Standard nine.5 is average.
Extended Scale Score - Answer Scores that can be used to follow a student's
achievement over an extended period, even for several years. These scores are not
provided by all standardized test manuals.
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Assessment - Answer The total process of collecting information to make instructional
decisions. Testing is one part of assessment.
Formal Assessment - Answer Uses standardized tests.
Informal Assessment - Answer Can employ any number on non-standardized measures:
teacher-prepared tests, daily, on-going observations; published informal inventories;
checklists; interest inventories; interviews or student portfolios.
Norm-referenced test- Published standardized tests for which norms based on the
performances of large numbers of students have been developed. Allows for
comparisons of student's performance with those of a typical group of the same age or
grade.
High-stakes testing- When serious "high-stakes" consequences are tied to the students'
performance. Cahsee and tests that dictate promotion. Can affect graduation or even
teacher salaries.
Low-stakes testing - Answer Primarily designed to plan for higher-quality instruction
and is not used to reward or penalize learning or instruction after the fact. Often
employs informal, rather than standardized.
Screening - Answer A procedure in which groups of children are examined and/or
tested in an effort to identify children who are most likely to have a disability; identified
children are then referred for more intensive examination and assessment.
Progress monitoring - Answer After students have been identified at risk for reading
failure they participate in cycles of instruction and assessment. For RtI
, Diagnosis - Answer The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by
examination of the symptoms
Outcome evaluation - Answer.
Standard Error of Measurement - Answer States the principle that the scores obtained
from tests are merely estimates of the individual's "true score" and that the true score of
any student is in the range of scores.
Raw Score - Answer The amount of items a student has responded to correctly for each
subtest or for the total test. Raw scores do not mean anything, but give the basis on
which more useful scores are calculated.
Percentile Rank - Answer The percent of students in the norming group that had scores
either lower or higher than this student's score. 55% means that 55% scored lower,
should not be used to determine growth
Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) - Answer A statistical interpretation of percentile score
useful in examining group performance. Unlike percentile scores, these scores have
been transformed into equal units of achievement. NCE is often used in Title 1
programs.
Grade Level Equivalent - Answer The score expected of the average student at the
grade level designated. For example, a score of 4.2 indicates the student scored at the
same level as the average student in the group used for norming who was in the second
month of fourth grade.
Stanine - Answer A statistical interpretation of percentile rank useful in examining an
individual's score. Standard nine.5 is average.
Extended Scale Score - Answer Scores that can be used to follow a student's
achievement over an extended period, even for several years. These scores are not
provided by all standardized test manuals.
