· The major program placement decision involves the setting in which a student’s special education services take place.
· Program Evaluation decisions involve whether a student’s special education program should be terminated, continued as is, or modified.
· Curriculum-based assessment is a method of measuring students’ level of achievement in terms of what they are taught in the classroom. Student performance is measured repeatedly over time, and the results are used to guide instruction.
· Alternate assessments are given to those who typically work on a more individualized curriculum and do not have to meet the same requirements as those students graduating with a standard diploma.
· Psychological tests measure abilities that affect how efficiently students learn in an instructional situation. They can include intelligence tests and tests related to learning disabilities.
· Standardized achievement tests are divided into group types: Group-administered tests are completed by large groups of students at one time and individually administered tests are part of a student’s case study evaluation.
· High-stakes tests are assessments designed to measure whether students have attained learning standards.
o This website is an annotated bibliography full of other resources about high-stakes testing. It gives you 48 pages of books to look at if you are interested in all aspects of high-stakes testing.
· Criterion referenced tests involve comparing student performance to a specific level of performance, or benchmark, rather than to a norm, or average, as with traditional standardized achievement tests.
o This website explains what criterion referenced tests are and the similarities and differences between norm referenced and criterion referenced testing.
· Academic Probes can help teachers make many of the assessment decisions.
o This website provides teachers with a wealth of resources to help implement research-based practices related to curriculum-based measurement.
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