FTCE ESE (Competency 2) #1 Questions with Correct
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Assessment - ✔✔The systematic gathering and analysis of information about
students in order to make decisions that may benefit their educational experience
Evaluate assessment data properly - ✔✔teachers must consider the timing and
purpose of the assessment, the appropriate interpretation of assessment results,
and, of course, the nature of what is measured by the assessment.
Screening - ✔✔the goal is to identify, as early as possible, students who may need
extra academic support. e.g. vision test
Pre-referral - ✔✔Assessments are administered to individual students before
formal referring them to special education. Helps determine which instructional
modifications are likely to help the student, and whether these modifications are
successful.
Diagnostic - ✔✔Assessments are administered to individual students who may
need extra support. May function as a pre-referral assessment. Provide more in-
depth understanding of a child's skills and instructional needs. The goal is to
determine areas of strength and weakness for a particular student.
Progress monitoring - ✔✔Assessment are used to determine whether an
individual student's progress is adequate. Can be informal or formal. It is
conducted frequently over some finite period of time, and it often focuses on one
specific academic area or behavioral dimension. Include curriculum-based
measurement approaches.
, Outcome - ✔✔Assessments are used to determine the extent of student
achievement at the end of the school year or other significant time period. e.g.
state mandated achievement tests
More than one - ✔✔how many tests or criterion must be used to determine
eligibility for special education services and for determining placement
Accommodations - ✔✔Adjustment to the way the assessments are administered
Presentation accommodations - ✔✔involve changes to the format of information
presented in the assessment e.g. increased sized of font and response bubbles,
administration by audio record etc.
Response accommodations - ✔✔Changes to the format by which the student
provides responses to the assessment
Setting accommodations - ✔✔involve changes to the location and/or conditions
of the assessment
Scheduling accommodations - ✔✔involve change to the timing and scheduling of
assessments
Norm-referenced Assessment - ✔✔provides results for an individual student that
are related to norms. Results indicate the individual's performance level
compared to others of the same age. They are standardized
Norms - ✔✔results obtained from the student's peer group.
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Assessment - ✔✔The systematic gathering and analysis of information about
students in order to make decisions that may benefit their educational experience
Evaluate assessment data properly - ✔✔teachers must consider the timing and
purpose of the assessment, the appropriate interpretation of assessment results,
and, of course, the nature of what is measured by the assessment.
Screening - ✔✔the goal is to identify, as early as possible, students who may need
extra academic support. e.g. vision test
Pre-referral - ✔✔Assessments are administered to individual students before
formal referring them to special education. Helps determine which instructional
modifications are likely to help the student, and whether these modifications are
successful.
Diagnostic - ✔✔Assessments are administered to individual students who may
need extra support. May function as a pre-referral assessment. Provide more in-
depth understanding of a child's skills and instructional needs. The goal is to
determine areas of strength and weakness for a particular student.
Progress monitoring - ✔✔Assessment are used to determine whether an
individual student's progress is adequate. Can be informal or formal. It is
conducted frequently over some finite period of time, and it often focuses on one
specific academic area or behavioral dimension. Include curriculum-based
measurement approaches.
, Outcome - ✔✔Assessments are used to determine the extent of student
achievement at the end of the school year or other significant time period. e.g.
state mandated achievement tests
More than one - ✔✔how many tests or criterion must be used to determine
eligibility for special education services and for determining placement
Accommodations - ✔✔Adjustment to the way the assessments are administered
Presentation accommodations - ✔✔involve changes to the format of information
presented in the assessment e.g. increased sized of font and response bubbles,
administration by audio record etc.
Response accommodations - ✔✔Changes to the format by which the student
provides responses to the assessment
Setting accommodations - ✔✔involve changes to the location and/or conditions
of the assessment
Scheduling accommodations - ✔✔involve change to the timing and scheduling of
assessments
Norm-referenced Assessment - ✔✔provides results for an individual student that
are related to norms. Results indicate the individual's performance level
compared to others of the same age. They are standardized
Norms - ✔✔results obtained from the student's peer group.
