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SPED 5302 Quiz Week 3: . Question 11/ Norm-referenced tests compare an individual's performance with an outside reference or standard. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 21 Criterion-referenced tests measure whether students have mastered specific skills by comparing a student's performance to the desired curriular goal instead of to the performance of other students. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 30/ The technical quality of an assessment tool as a measurement device is based upon its reliabilty, validity, and measurement error. If the tool is norm-referenced, the characteristics of the populations used to develop the test do not need to align with the characteristics of the individual being tested. T Incorrect: True F False -Correct answer Feedback Chapter 4 Question 41/ Norm-referenced tests are the tests which have been criticized the most for being biased. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 51/
A reliable assessment tool produces inconsistent results. T True F FalseCorrect answer Question 61/ A valid assessment tool actually measures what it purports to measure. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 71/ When administration procedures are altered in an attempt to improve student performance, norm-referenced tests become informal procedures, prevents the use of the tests' norms, and invalidate the comparitive power of standardized test. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 81/ For students whose primary language is not English, it is recommended that tests and test directions be translated into the student's home language. T TrueCorrect answer F False Question 91/ What factors of test construction contribute to its being non-bias? Hide answer choices norm groups used in test development align with student population being tested in terms of race, ethnicity, culture, and gender
Correlation coefficients measure internal consistency between two forms of the same measure. Correlation coefficients measure the degree to which the appropriateness of the criterion measure must be considered. Feedback Chapter 4 Question 131/ The four types of measurement scales are Hide answer choices basal, ceiling, interval, and ratio Chapter 4 Correct: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio Correct answer nominal, ordinal, valid, and reliable Question 141/ Percentile ranks Hide answer choices transforms raw scores to a new scale with a set mean and standard deviation Correct: indicate the percentage of individuals within the norm group who achieved this raw score or a lower score Correct answer indicate the percentage of test items answered correctly indicate age and grade level Question 150/ Standard Error of Measurement is Hide answer choices Incorrect: none of the answers are correct an indicator of the technical quality of an assessment tool used to assist with interpretation of results by creating confidence intervals around observed scores. - Correct answer is a measure of the adequacy of an assessment tool as a measure measurement device the degree to which an instrument measures the theoretical construct it intends to measure
Feedback Chapter 4 Question 161/ A _____ is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations. Hide answer choices traumatic brain injury speech and language disability intellectual disability or mental retardation - higher level functioning other than Down Syndrome Correct: learning disability Correct answer emotional disability Question 171/ A professional attending an annual review meeting as a special educator may do which of the following? Hide answer choices discuss high school diploma and credential options suggest ways to meet the child's proposed goals and objectives as specified in the IEP Correct: all of the above Correct answer discuss changes or additions for the child's upcoming program and services present the areas where the child showed success and significant progress Question 181/ According to IDEA, intellectual disability or mental retardation is defined as Hide answer choices Correct: significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Correct answer significantly above average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Correct: all of the above Correct answer hearing screening Question 220/ Find the raw scores for the following test:
10 - Hide answer choices 6 - Correct answer 3 none of the choices Incorrect: 4 Feedback Chapter 4 Question 230/ Higher prevalence disabilities include all of the following EXCEPT Hide answer choices learning disabilities. speech and language disabilities. Incorrect: autism. gifted and talented learners - Correct answer intellectual disability or mental retardation - higher level functioning other than Down Syndrome. Feedback Chapter 16 Question 241/
If your role on the committee has resulted from your evaluation of the child, then you need to keep which of the following in mind? Hide answer choices Make sure you report strengths as well as weaknesses. Prior to the meeting, you should meet with the parents and go over your results. Make sure that you have your report complete and typed at least one week to ten days prior to the CSE meeting. In some districts, the CSE requires that the entire packet be forwarded a week in advance. Correct: All of the above. Correct answer Prior to the meeting, outline the important points of the report that you wish to make. Do not go through the report at the CSE meeting looking for the issues that you feel need to be discussed. Preparation will make you look more professional. Question 251/ In general, learning disabilities refers to a _____ disorder related to differences in how one's brain works and is structured. Hide answer choices environmental Correct: neurobiological Correct answer mental social Question 260/ Lower prevalence disabilities include all of the following EXCEPT Hide answer choices hearing impairments. orthopedic impairments. - Correct answer Incorrect: learning disabilities. autism. visual impairments. Feedback Chapter 16 Question 271/
disciplinary concerns Correct: all of the above - Correct answer parental request for a CSE meeting Question 310/ Standard Error of Measurement (SEM): Hide answer choices when it is small, we can be more confident of a score because there is less error involved. is the same as the normal curve equivalent when it is small, we can be more confident of a score because there is less error involved AND the more reliable a test is, the smaller the SEM - Correct answer Incorrect: the more reliable a test is, the smaller the SEM Feedback Chapter 4 Question 321/ The Committee on Special Education (CSE) is usually made up of mandated members and assigned members whom the board of education deems necessary. Most states require that certain professionals and individuals be core members. These usually include all of the following EXCEPT Hide answer choices an administrator or director of pupil personnel services or director of special education. a school psychologist. the parent of a child with a disability residing within the district. a medical doctor [does not need to be in attendance at every meeting but should be present any time medical issues are involved (i.e. health related classifications, issues involving medication, etc.)]. Correct: the siblings of the student. - Correct answer Question 331/ The Committee on Special Education (CSE) must assess a student's present levels of performance and individual needs in which area? Hide answer choices Correct: all of the above - Correct answer Academic/Educational Achievement Management Needs
Social Development Physical Development Question 341/ The Committee on Special Education (CSE) should consider an extended school year programs for all of the following EXCEPT Hide answer choices students whose needs are so severe that they can be met only in a seven-day residential program. students who are recommended for home and hospital instruction, whose special education needs are determined to be highly intensive, who require a high degree of individualized attention and intervention, or who have severe multiple disabilities and require primarily rehabilitation and treatment. The CSE should consider an extended school year programs for all of the above students. - Correct answer students with severe multiple disabilities, whose programs consist primarily of rehabilitation and treatment and who are placed in special classes. students whose management needs are determined to be highly intensive, and who require a high degree of individualized attention and intervention and who are placed in special classes. Question 351/ The IEP must indicate which of the following? Hide answer choices Correct: all of the above Correct answer assistive technology devices and program supports or modifications that are to be provided to the student, or on behalf of the student the special education programs and related services supplementary aids and services Question 361/ The IEP must specifically indicate how the school-age student will particpate in Hide answer choices nonacademic activities.
Question 391/ This placement is the least restrictive placement for all children without a disability. This placement alone without some type of special education supportive services is not suitable for a child with a disability and is usually not considered suitable by the Committee on Special Education (CSE). Hide answer choices inclusion classroom regular class placement with resource room assistance Correct: regular class placement Correct answer full time special class in a regular school hospital or institution Question 401/ What is the purpose of an IEP? Hide answer choices Correct: Both A and B. Correct answer Neither A nor B. It is a written plan for a student in special education. Simply stated, the IEP explains the specific educational objectives and placement for a particular student. It is a management tool for the entire assessment teaching process. The IEP becomes the critical link between the student in special education and the special teaching that the student requires.
