Educational Assessment

Question 1

Preschool testing

Answer 1

Tools

• Checklist
• Rating scales
• 1 hour is a good rule-of-the-thumb limit test session with a preschooler

Question 2

Rating scale of a rapid method of evaluating newborn infants and determining what immediate action is necessary

Answer 2

Apgar test

Question 3

Refers to test materials, usually some sort of book that contains test stimulus materials and can be folded and placed on a desk (murag desk calendar)

Answer 3

Dual easel format

Question 4

Achievement tests

Answer 4

• Wechsler Individual achievement test-III

- Curriculum-based achievement

Question 5

Aptitude tests (aka prognostic tests)

Answer 5

• focus on the informal learning or life experiences
• readiness test
• Miller Analogies test- ability to perceive relationships, general intelligence; one of the most cost-effective aptitude test for predicting success in grad school

Question 6

Yield info about the nature and amount of intervention required to enhance a child’s performance

Answer 6

LPAD (Learning Potential Assessment Device)

Question 7

Zone of proximal development (Vygotsky)

Answer 7

The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by individual problem-solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers

Question 8

Diagnostic tests

Answer 8

• pinpoint student’s difficulty, usually for remedial purposes
• Woodcock Reading mastery tests-revised -individually administered; basic skills and reading comprehension
• Metropolitan Readiness test (MRT) -group administered; assess reading and math important in the early stages of formal school learning

Question 9

Psychoeducational test batteries

Answer 9

• test kits that generally contain 2 types of tests: those that measure abilities related to academic success and measure educational achievement in areas such as reading and arithmetic
• Kaufman Assessment battery for children
• Woodcock-Johnson-III -test of achievement and cognitive abilities
• Performance tests such as work samples

Question 10

Name given to the trend toward more performance-based assessment; target academic teachings to real-world settings

Answer 10

Authentic assessment

Question 11

Methods of peer appraisal

Answer 11

• Guess who technique -write description and guess who
• Nominating technique
• Sociogram- graphically illustrate results of a peer appraisal