Vocab Quiz 1

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and theories related to educational assessment and learning.

Reading levels

The degree of difficulty or ease of a student reading a particular passage

Formative assessment

Feedback from activity is used to adapt and inform instruction

Summative assessment

Assessment of learning at a given point

Metacognition

Knowledge of one's own thought processes while reading

Universal Screener

A criterion-referenced assessment of targeted reading skills; typically given to all students three times during the school year

MTSS

A three-tiered approach to instruction or behavior; scaffolding learning for those who need additional support

Norm-referenced

Score is compared to other test-takers

Criterion-referenced

Objective is to see what a student has mastered

Formal assessment

Standardized test given under controlled conditions so that groups can be compared

Informal assessment

Assessments which record observations using anecdotal records, checklists, rubrics, portfolios, etc.

Percentile rank

Each student's position within a group (1-99)

Stanine

A way to report test scores; based on a standard of nine

Standardized assessment

Any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions or a selection of questions from a common bank of questions, that is scored in a standard or consistent manner

Validity

The assessment measures what it is supposed to measure

Reliability

Consistency of scores

Zone of Proximal Development

Vygotsky's theory describing the distance between the child's actual development and the level of potential development under guidance

Constructivist Theory

Piaget's theory that through accommodation and assimilation, students can build on their own prior knowledge

Hierarchy of Human Needs

Maslow's theory proposing that all humans have basic needs that must be satisfied before other needs higher in the hierarchy can be addressed

Critical Literacy Theory

A learning approach where students are expected to examine various texts to understand the relationship between language and the power it can hold in society

Matthew Effect

From "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer", the reading notion based on the idea that children who come to school already with a deficit will need more intervention

Assessment

The act of discovering the literacy strengths and weaknesses of a student

Intervention

Procedures to alleviate or remedy weaknesses or problems

Interest Inventory

A tool to gather information regarding a child's interests

Qualitative data

Data derived from looking at the quality of a student's work, including observations, samples, etc.

Quantitative data

Information gained from looking at the number of correct responses; often based on formal assessments