of selecting an answer from multiple choice test (Parkay et al., 2014). This type of assessment gives students the opportunity to have a hands-on…
These strengths and limitations are supported by informal and formal assessments. These assessments provide baselines that allow one to determine if a child is capable of experiencing the rigors of state and other standardized test, or if a child needs alternate achievement test for evaluation. When creating an PLAAFP, IDEA requires a description of how a students disability effects their academic achievement, functional performance, progress in general education curriculum if they are…
tested when they are applying for government assistance, the government should not support illegal behavior. Drug testing will discourage them to abstain in the use of illegal drugs, since they will not get approved for financial aid if they fail a drug test. Three reasons that are important to drug testing for financial aid are: to help with the use of substance abuse, it helps students get help with problems they did not know existed, and finally it creates less stress on where the money is…
they have been in the league. A rookie is tested up to four times a season and a veteran is tested one time during training camp. The penalty policy is as a five-game suspension for the first positive test, 10-game suspension for the second positive test and a 25-game suspension for the third positive test. Athletes are also at risk for a permanent ban from the NBA. Therefore, the penalty is more likely to receive a suspension and less of a fine. The National Hockey League (NHL) policies for…
teacher tells us to start the test. Unfamiliar questions appear on the paper and I began to panic. The world seemed to be moving in circles as my breathing rate increased. This feeling that I felt is something that about 20% of students feel when it comes to standardized tests. And that, is called test anxiety. Standardized tests are the reason that many students like me suffer from this disorder, which leads us to ask ourselves a simple question. Do standardized tests measure students’…
conducting a test for personality. Another checklist, such as the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL- 90- R) is a beneficial way to evaluate objectively via a symptom assessment, which has 90 items and can be completed in 12-15 minutes (Pearson Clinical, 2017). The SCL- 90- R measures 9 primary symptom dimensions (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism) (Pearson Clinical, 2017). This test can…
The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition This short paper has the aim of reviewing the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales second edition (RIAS-2). The first edition of this instrument was introduced about 12 years ago, (Beaujean & McGlaughlin, 2014). The new version of the RIAS will be ready for use from mid-2016, (Reynolds & Kamphaus, n.d). The RIAS-2 is an individual administered psychometric instrument designed to evaluate cognitive ability: general intelligence (g),…
age, training to be ready for the test and taking hard courses to prepare themselves. No matter which country you are in or grade all smart students look to college and prepare for college. Students…
The test is summative because it is given at the end of a complex unit and is intended to evaluate the overall knowledge gained during the last several weeks. The integrative approach to creating this assessment was to fill the requirements of a performance-based…
Let it be because of bad test scores or pure curiosity. The answered really goes down to the person itself. People are all different and they all have different ways of learning and comprehending other things and people. Elizabeth Day the author of the article” Can you really train your brain to be more intelligent?” decide to test it out herself and let her audience in on what she’s learned. Day went on a website called Lumosity, a popular “brain training” website, to test if there was an…