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This subgroup is tested or measured on the characteristics of interest (sets the norms for comparis
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Standardization Sample
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A symmetrical bell-shaped distribution
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Normal Curve
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The Average Score
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Mean
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A Way of Organizing Test Scores Based On How Often They Occur
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Frequency Distribution
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The Score That Occurs Most Often
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Mode
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A Nonsymmetrical Distribution
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Skewed Distribution
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A Measure of the Variability of Scores
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Standard Deviation
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The large group from which the sample of individuals is selected and to which results will be generalized
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Population
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A test that compares a student's test performance with that of similar students who have takes the same test
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Norm-referenced test
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A test in which the administration, scoring, and interpretation procedures are predetermined/ controlled and must be strictly followed
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Standardized Test
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A test that measures performance in comparison to a well-defined content domain.
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Criterion-referenced test
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The Scores obtained by the standardization sample.
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Norms
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The Score that splits the distribution in half
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Median
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A scale score with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 or 16
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Deviation IQ
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The percent of test items that were answered correctly
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Percentage score
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Raw scores that have been transformed to reflect the average performance at grade levels
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Grade Equivalent
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A scale score that ranges from 1-9, with a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2
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Stanine
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The number or points of items corrected without adjustment for guessing
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Raw Score
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A scale score with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1
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Z-score
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The result of transforming raw scores to other types of scores
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Derived Scores
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A scale Score with a mean of 50 and a Standard deviation of 10
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T-score
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The point in a distribution at or below which the score of a given percentage of students fall
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percentile rank
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raw scores that have been transformed so that they have the same mean and standard deviation
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scale scores
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a scale score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 21.06
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Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE)
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Assessment and scoring procedures are uniform so that results can be compared across test takers
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Standardized
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Statements of what we want students to know and be able to do
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Content Stanards
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statements that relate level of performance on assessment to various levels of proficiency
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performance standards
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Students performance is compared to other students to identify relative ranking
Questions on the assessment are selected to "spread" students out on a continuum of achievement so that relative standing can be determined |
Norm-referenced interpretations
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interpertaionsStudents performance is compared to a desired level of performance on the content
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Criterion Referenced
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*Total number of points scored on an assessment
*A criterion referenced score *Scores go from 0 to total possible |
Raw Score
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* Number of points scored divided by number possible
* Statement of what we want students to know and be able to do. *Scores go from 0 to 100 |
Percent Correct Score
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*The percent of students scoring at or below a given score
* A derived Score *A norm-referenced score * Scores go form 1-99 |
Percentile Score
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* average score obtained by students in various grade levels
*a derived score * a norm- referenced score * Scores go from K.0 to 12.9 |
Grade equivalent score
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A derived Score
a norm - referenced score Scores have a set mean and standard deviation |
Scale Score
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Parents who want their children to do well on standardized achievement test would be most happy if their child earned which of the following percentiles.
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They would be happy if the child earn a 99th percentile
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If two sets of test scores indicate that Score Set x has a Stander Deviation of 10.2 while Score- Set Y , on the same test, has a standard of 8.4 , what does this mean?
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The Score of the x student were more spread out than those of the y students.
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What are two types of group focus index?
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Standard deviation and median
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Which score-interpretation is the most commonly used and readily understandable?
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PERCENTILES are score- interpretations that are more commonly used and readily understandable
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Which score-interpretation is the most often misinterpreted?
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GRADE EQUIVALENTS are score- interpretaions that are most often misinterpreted
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Which score-interpretation is the most especially useful in equalizing the disparate difficulty of different test forms?
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SCALE SCORES
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standardize test are developed with much more care, time, and cost then classroom teacher, made test
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TRUE!!
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True Or False
A Raw Score indicates the number of items that a student answers correctly |
TRUE
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What does a 3.9 grade - equivalent means?
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That the student is performing well as a typical 3rd grader in the 9th Month of School
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Many Grade - Equivalent scores are based on estimation, not real test-score data
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True
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what is a standardized test?
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A test given under any condition or circumstances.
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True or False
if a teacher is appropriately preparing his/her students for a test, he she will be increasing their body of knowledge while simultaneously increasing their test scores |
True
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" Teaching to the test " is an ambiguous expression that one should refrain from using.
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TRUE
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Current- form preparation is never appropriate in some situations.
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TRUE
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The professional Ethics guideline states that no test-preparation practice should violate the ethical norm of the education profession
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TRUE!!
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Generalized test- taking preparation practices are appropriate and CAN be used in the classroom
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TRUE
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Two guidelines that should be considered when deciding on the suitability of test-preparation activities include professional ethics and educational defensibility
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True
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As a result of the increased decisions being made from high stakes test results, there has been a increased inappropriate test-preparation practices
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TRUE
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What test - preparation is considered appropriate?
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VARIED- FORMAT PREPARATION
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What is a high - stake test?
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test that make decision point for some concrete outcome in life
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No Child Left Behind
Education reform principles |
Clear standards, assessment of standards
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NCLB
Flexibility and local control |
Standards articulate and test develops by states
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California Test
CST What does California Standards Test measures? |
California Standards test Measures student's performance in meeting California's Academic Content Standards
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What does the California Achievement test CAT6 compares?
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California Achievement Test compares student's performance to a sample of students in the same grade tested through the U.S
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What does API do?
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API are single number on scale of 200 ( lowest ) to 1000 ( highest) it indicates how well a school or district performed, based on spring testing.
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What is the API Statewide target?
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the API statewide Target is 800
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What is API?
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Academic performance Index under the Public School Accountability ACT
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What is AYP?
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Adequate Yearly Progress
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What Act is API under?
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Public School Accountability ACT
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What act is AYP under?
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No Child Left Behind
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What is PSAA?
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Public School Accountability ACT
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API under PSAA
system featuers and types of rating |
*growth model with a statewide performance target of 800
*Compensatory ( by student and content area) * Each school and subgroup has its own target types of rating Academic Performance Index: * API scale of 200 to 1000 * Decile ranks scale of 1 to 10 ( traditional schools only) * statewide *similar school ranks |
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AYP under NCLB
System features and types of rating |
* Status Model
* Every School, Local educational agency (LEA), and subgroup have the same target * Targets go up to 100% proficient by 2013 - 2 |
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what are the 2 evaluative guidelines
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professional ethics
and education defensibility |
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what is professional Ethic
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its a guidelines for no test preparation practice should violate the ethical norms of the education profession.
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What is Education Defensibility
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ii is a guideline for no test preparation practice should increase students test scores without simultaneously increasing students mastery of the assessment domain tested
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what are the 5 types of test practices?
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* Previous- Form preparation
* Current-Form preparation *Generalized test-taking preparation *same-format preparation *Varied-format preparation |
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What 2 types of test practice are appropriate and can use? and do not violate the 2 guidelines!
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* Generalized test taking preparation
* Varied-format preparation |
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" teaching for the test"
Good instructions is ? |
if teacher is instructing students on the domain being assessed- helping them master the knowledge, skill, necessary for testing domain.
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" teaching for the test"
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when the teacher is teaching specifically toward the actual items on the test itself.
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Standardize Achievement Test do not provide?
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An accurate indication of instructional quality
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The STAR report provides a child's score for which 2 test?
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California Content Standards Test
California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition CAT-6 |
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Why would a child sometimes only have results for one of the 2 test?
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because now only children in 3rd and 7th grade are given the CAT-6
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Most standardize test are _____?
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NOrm- Referenced
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Some standardize test are _____ administer and some are _____administer
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individually , group
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What are the 4 scales of measurement?
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Nominal , ordinal, interval and ratio
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what does stander deviation represent (SD) ?
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How spread out the scored are from the average ( the closer to the mean is good) ( the father to the mean is not that good)
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What is Raw Scores?
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the number of items a students answers correctly without adjustment for guessing
dont provide enough info to describe student performance we need to know how many to find the %!! |
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Z-scores have a mean of __ and SD of _____?
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0, ONE
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T- score : have a mean of ____and the SD of _____
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50 , 10
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Deviation IQ scores: have a mean of ___ and a SD of ____
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100, 15 -16 ( intelligence test)
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Normal Curve equivalents: have a mean of ____ and a SD of _____
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50, 21-06 ( educational test)
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Stanines: standard score bands that divide a distribution of scores into ____parts
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9 ( easier to understand use for educational test)
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