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| A screening referral is often the first step in the assessment process. A parent, caregiver, teacher, or physician, who has concerns related to the develoment of a child may complete a questionnairre expressing these concerns. The IEP team will meet and discuss whether further testing is warranted. |
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| An assessment is the process of observing, describing, collecting data, scoring tests, interpreting data/information and putting all of that together to get the most complete picture of a student's functioning or achieivement. |
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| An achievement test measures the knowledge or skills that a student possesses. These tests are standardized and provide a profile or measurement based on norms. |
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| Validity means that the assessment is an accurate reflection of what the tool was trying to measure. |
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| Subjectivity comes into play when the person giving the assessment allows their impression to determine the score. Observations of behavioral factors or converstaional ability are often deemed subjective. |
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| A criterion referenced test compares the student's performance to age/grade expectanices in a particular area instead of comparing to other student's scores. These assessments measure the student's overal knowledge of the topic and not how they compare to the scores of other students. |
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| A norm group is the group of students who took a particular test in order to set a ranges of scores indicating superior, high average, average, low average, low and very low performance. |
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| An assessment that gives scores or feedback based on age-ranges looks at how the student is performing compared to other student's or children their age. This is often used with younger children and can be easier for parents to understand. |
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| This is often used when comparing a student's performance on an assessment in relation to how other students in the same grade performed. |
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| An evaluation is a test or a compilation of information that will be used to determine the needs of a student, the progess they are making, if they are meeting goals and what programs are need for the student to be successful. |
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