Reference no: EM133885475
QUESTIONS
1. A(n) ______ is required by law prior to initial special education placement and once every three years after placement occurs.
1. written recommendation for placement by one member or the multidisciplinary team
2. prolonged period of educational difficulty
3. uniform set of norm-referenced tests
4. comprehensive educational evaluation
2. Norm-referenced tests compare the performance of an individual to:
1. the variability of the group
2. oneself
3. an idealized image of desirable performance
4. a set criterion or set of criteria
3. The least restrictive environment may not necessarily always be the general education classroom setting.
True
False
4. In the normal distribution (bell curve), the mean, median, and mode:
1. are used to calculate the standard deviation
2. are represented by the same value
3. are easy to calculate
4. are measures of dispersion
5. Ms. Bassett administered the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test to several students in her class. When asked why she picked that instrument over the others available at her school, she replied that she felt that it best matched the curriculum in her classroom. Ms. Basset is referring to:
1. predictive validity
2. concurrent validity
3. content validity
4. strength validity
6. Which of the following statements about informed consent is FALSE?
1. Informed consent is required prior to evaluation and placement.
2. Informed consent gives educators the right to release the student's records to ANY agency they choose.
3. Educators are required to provide details of placement suggestions in the guardians' native language or mode of communication.
4. The guardian may choose to revoke consent at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all.
7. To estimate a student's true score with 95% confidence, one would add and subtract ____ standard errors of measurement from the obtained score.
1. 0.475
2. 2.0
3. 0.95
4. 1.0
8. ________ reflects the extent to which a test is free from random error.
1. multiple regression
2. reliability
3. face validity
4. quantification
9. Which of the following is considered a FORMAL method of assessment?
1. classroom observations
2. norm-referenced tests
3. error analysis
4. teacher checklists
10. Susan just completed a speech and language screening in her third grade class. The results of this procedure can be used to answer which of the following questions:
1. Does Susan need additional assessment?
2. Does Susan need speech and language services?
3. Is Susan's educational progress on target?
4. Is Susan gifted?
11. Kariuki's standard score on the last norm-referenced math test was 92. The standard error of measurement (SEM) was 3 points. When he takes the same test again, what score will he need to attain in order to demonstrate reliable improvement (68% ci) over his current score?
12. Many schools worry about the impact of "practice effects" in repeated administration of the same test to a given individual. What would be the impact of a practice effect on test-retest reliability?
a. The reliability coefficient would be larger as a result of practice effects.
b. The answer to that question depends on the test domain; in some cases, practice effects would make the reliability coefficient would be larger, in the others, practice effects would make the reliability coefficient smaller.
c. The reliability coefficient would be smaller as a result of practice effects.
d. The reliability coefficient is resistant to (unaffected by) practice effects, and so would remain unchanged.
13. Give the form of comparison involved when a third grader is asked the recite the alphabet in order. In order to pass, she must have all of the letters in the proper order.
a. Norm-referenced measure
b. Ordinal scale
c. Ratio scale
d. Nominal scale
e. Self-referenced measure
f. Criterion-referenced measure
g. Equal interval scale
14. If the meaning of the number correct (raw score) can only be determined in relation to other test-takers, we are working with a(n)
a. Nominal scale
b. Criterion-referenced measure
c. Ratio scale
d. Ordinal scale
e. Norm-referenced measure
f. Self-referenced measure
g. Equal interval scale
15. Which of the following may be a reason that students might erroneously be considered to have a disability?
1. the student has a severe cognitive delay
2. the student has significant emotional difficulties
3. the student is performing much below the expected level
4. the student has language and cultural differences.