SPED 463 - Vocab

CBE vocab

Reliability (1)

A consistent score over time

Domain (1)

A set of tasks or a body of knowledge

Writing fluency (2)

amount of text written and ease of which the text is generated

Reading comprehension (3)

An active process that requires intentional and thoughtful interaction between the reader and text to understand what they’ve read

Curriculum-based assessment (CBA) (3)

Assessments using standardized procedures containing closely aligned discrete skills to the curriculum which are used to determine who to teach

Writing content (3)

Attention paid to the organization of thought, originality, style, text cohesion, and purpose of writing

Parts of an objective (1)

behavior, content, criteria, and condition

Proficiency (1)

competence in performance of a skill

Subtask (1)

component of a task defined by calibration

Standard (3)

Criteria part of an objective; criteria for acceptable performance; goal; expectation

Conceptual knowledge (1)

critical attributes, examples, and non-examples

Screening (3)

curriculum-based assessment used to identify which student may need additional instruction

General outcome measure (GOM) (3)

curriculum-based measurement that require the successful application of other related skills within a defined domain of curriculum

Skills-based measure (SBM) (3)

Curriculum-based measurement with a broad range of skills within one domain; does not measure a complex task

Survey-level assessment (SLA) (3)

curriculum-based measurement with a broad range of skills within one domain used to identify students who many need further instruction

Specific-level assessment (SPA) (3)

curriculum-based measurement with a broad range of skills within one domain used to identify students who many need further instruction

Summative evaluation (1)

decision making that occurs after confirming hypothesis; includes PLEPS, instructional foals/objectives, and instructional plan

Evaluation (3)

decision making that occurs when samples of behavior are compared to a standard

Discrepancy (1)

difference between performance/behavior and the standard

Mastery measure (MM) (3)

direct measure of instructional objectives used for progress monitoring that are sensitive to changes in learning

Trend (1)

direction of data over time; slope on a graph

Declarative knowledge (1)

Discrete bits of information

Fluency (1)

Done quickly and accurately; mastery

Alterable variables (1)

factors that teachers can change through instruction

Unalterable variables (1)

factors that teachers cannot change

Formative evaluation (3)

frequent decisions based on instruction and progress-monitoring data; teacher adjusts instruction as needed

Syntactic maturity (1)

how complex the sentence are in writing or speech

Validity (2)

How well a test’s scores meadure what it claims to measure

Semantic maturity (2)

how well developed the vocabulary is in writing or speech

Instruction (1)

how you teach

Assumed causes (1)

hypotheses or explanations for poor performance

Progress (1)

improved performance over time

Acquisition (1)

initial learning

Legibility (2)

letter formation and the ease with which a reader can read the text

Automaticity (3)

level of performance that no longer requires use of short term memory and is not affected by thee presence of distractors

Status sheet (2)

list of skills to summarize student’s performance

conventions (2)

mechanical aspects of writing such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

direct instruction (di) (2)

method of explicit teaching involving fast-paced, highly interactive lessons

strategy (1)

method, procedure, or way of doing something

Progress monitoring (2)

monitoring skills learned during instruction; a type of formative evaluation

writing process (3)

multi-step process with at least five stages: planning, drafting, recising, editing, publishing

Rate (2)

number of responses divided by the time observed reported per minute

Raw score (2)

number of responses or correct responses without interpretation

Overt behaviors (1)

observable actions

Behavior (2)

performance quickly and accurately; fluency

Mastery (1)

performed quickly and accurately; fluency

task (1)

piece of work composed of subtasks and strategies

Curriculum-based evaluation (CBE) (3)

problem solving process that involves collecting high quality student performance data, comparing those data with a pre-determined set of research based standards to make instruction decisions

Scaffolding (3)

process of assistance to a student that allows them to accomplish more than they could unaided, a form of guided practice

Assessment (1)

process of collecting information

Task analysis (2)

process of sequencing the essential components of a task

correlation (2)

relationship between two or more variables which not necessarily cause and effect

learning styles instruction (3)

selection of teaching approach based on student aptitudes for certain modalities which is popular but invalidated

learning (2)

semi-permanent/permanent change in behavior over time

curriculum-based measurement (CBM)

set of consistent, evidence-based assessment procedures and the content-specific tools to monitor progress about what instruction is effective and how it is influencing student progress

Direct instruction (DI) (2)

several scripted instructional programs published by SRA-McGraw Hill

Math facts (1)

single digit problems

calibration (1)

slicing up a task into subtasks or skills

Criteria for acceptable performance (CAP) (1)

standard of proficiency

Aim (2)

standard or criteria for acceptable performance on a chart

Present level of educational performance statements (PLEPS) // Present levels of academic achievement and functional performance statements (PLAAFPS) (2)

statements about the student’s current knowledge or skills

Strategical knowledge (1)

steps of a procedure

Performance (2)

students engaging in an overt or covert behavior; raw score

Total words written (TWW) (2)

sum of all individual words written in a 1-minute think 3-minute write

Correct writing sequences (CWS) (3)

sum of all points given when two adjacent words are mechanically, semantically, and syntactically correct in a 1-minute think 3-minute write

Words spelled correctly (WSC) (3)

sum of all words spelled correctly within the rules of standard English and the context of the sentence in a 1-minute think 3- 3-minute write

Criterion-referenced (3)

test/probe in which student’s behaviors are compared to a fixed standard or criteria for acceptable performance

norm-referenced (3)

test/probe in which students’ behaviors are compared to a group; percentiles, stanines, standard scores

measurement (1)

tool or number

Test (1)

tool used to sample behavior

Covert behaviors (1)

unseen thoughts and actions

prior knowledge (2)

what a student knows before instruction best predictor of learning

Alignment (3)

what is taught during instruction, measured by the tests/assessment, and defined by the objectives

Curriculum (1)

what you teach; learning outcomes or objectives