Vocabulary List 2

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504 Plan

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An accommodation plan that is developed to ensure a student with an educationally related disability who does not require special education services has appropriate access to participation during instruction and testing.

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Accommodation

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A change in testing materials or procedures that enables students to participate in assessments in ways that reflect their skills and abilities rather than their disabilities.

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Adaptations

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A generalized term that describes a change made in the presentation, setting, response, or timing or scheduling of an assessment.

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Classroom Assessment Literacy

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The knowledge and skills needed to gather accurate information about students achievement and the use of the assessment process and its results to improve achievement.

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Common Core Standards

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The educational outcomes expected by all students by the U.S. government.

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Deconstructing Standards

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The process of breaking a broad standard, goal, or benchmark into smaller, more explicit targets.

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Disposition Target

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A statement reflecting attitudes and feeling states of the learner.

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Effective Feedback

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Information provided to students that causes an improvement in learning.

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Feedback Conference

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A meeting in which the students receive another's opinion about the strengths and weaknesses of their work.

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Formative Assessment

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Administration of a continuous, or periodic tests, and use of the test results to adjust teaching or learning while they are happening.

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Interpretive Exercises

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A task in which students are presented with a table of information, a diagram, or some other source of information and are asked to use the information to solve reasoning questions.

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Knowledge Target

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A statement of the factual information or conceptual understanding required for learning.

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Learning Targets

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Statements of the intended learning.

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Performance Assessment

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An assessment based on observation or judgment.

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Personal Communication

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An assessment using structured and unstructured interactions with students to determine what has been learned.

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Portfolio

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A collection of a student's work that provides a basis for judging student accomplish.

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Power Test

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An untimed test in which the interest is in how many items a student can complete correctly.

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Presentation Accomodation

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A change in how a test is presented that facilitates appropriate testing of an individual student.

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Product Target

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A statement of the product to be created to demonstrate.

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Propositions

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Statements of important facts, concepts, or understandings that students will be held accountable for when learning.

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Reasoning Target

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A statement of the thought processes required for learning.

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Response Accomodation

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A change in how a student may respond to a test that facilitates appropriate testing of that student.

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Response Journal

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A type of personal communication in which students write to explain, explore, or deepen their own knowledge and understanding and the teacher responds.

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Scheduling Accommodation

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A change in the scheduling of a test that facilitates appropriate testing of an individual student.

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Scoring Rubric

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An ordinal scale used as a guide that provides a detailed description of the features of the work that constitute quality.

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Selected Response

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An assessment in which students select the correct or best response from a list provided.

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Setting Accommodation

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A change in testing environment that facilitates appropriate testing of an individual student.

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Skill Target

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A statement of the demonstration or performance required for learning.

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Speed Test

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A timed test in which the interest is in how quickly and how many items a student can complete correctly.

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Summative Assessment

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Administration of tests that assess student learning for the purpose of making a judgement about student competence or program effectiveness after learning has occured.

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Target-Method Match

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Refers to selecting the appropriate assessment method that matches the learning target to be assessed.

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Test Blueprint

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A record of the decisions made regarding the purpose, learning targets, assessment method, and scoring a particular assessment.

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Universal Design for Assessment

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The design of assessment programs that involves consideration of the needs of all participants.

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Wait Time

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The 7 second pause between posing a question and calling for a response.

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Working Folder

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A collection of all of a student's work from which the best work may be selected.

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Written Response

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An assessment in which students construct an answer to a question or task