EDE Test 1:
Systematic Bias -
can affect a test's validity
Analytic phonics
group of sight words and then they ask the students to analyze the themes or patterns
Validity -
he degree to which evidence and theory support the interpretation of test scores for proposed uses of tests
Blending polysyllabic words
the ability to blend the smaller parts of words together to make whole words
Visual analysis of monosyllabic words
the ability to break words into smaller known parts to figure out unknown words.
Structural analysis
the ability to distinguish frequently used prefixes and suffixes from root words and the knowledge of how they affect the meaning of words
Interobserver Agreement -
the consistency among test scorers
Stability -
the consistency of test scores over time
Confidence Area - t
the estimate of the likelihood that a person's true score will be found within a specified range of scores
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -
the law that requires agencies receiving federal funding to provide appropriate access to their activities for individuals with disabilities, this includes building ramps, special buses, wheelchair lifts, and sign language interpreters.
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008 (ADAA) -
the name of the new law; it includes changes primarily for the purpose of clarifying the criteria for making decisions about eligibility for entitlements like special education services
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA
the reauthorized version of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; it included updated provisions for identifying and serving students with disabilities.
Least Restrictive Environment
the specification in IDEA that students with disabilities are to be educated with children who are not disabled, and that they should be removed to separate classes, schools, or elsewhere only when the nature or severity of their disability is such that education in regular classes with supplementary aid cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
Responsibility for Valid Assessment -
this is the responsibility of both the author and the user of the assessment procedure
Morpheme structure
understanding how root words with different affixes form different parts of speech.
Expressive vocabulary
vocabulary student's use during speech or writing
Regionalists
words associated with particular geographic regions
Sight words
words that do not conform to pronunciation rules
Sight vocabulary
words that students recognize in half a second or less
Analogy phonics
student uses parts of known words to identify unknown words
Synthetic phonics
students convert letters into sounds and then blend the sounds to form words.
Onset and rime phonics instruction
students recognize rimes and add the onset when reading new words.
Phonics through spelling
students transform sounds into letters as they write thus they are engaged in many writing activities.
Phonics in context
students use sound letter correspondences along with context clues to identify unknown words. Relies on student's knowledge of letter sounds and patterns in words.
Reliability
-the extent to which it is possible to generalize from an observation or test score made at a specific time by a specific person to a similar performance at a different time by a different person
Section 504
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; it gave individuals with disabilities equal access to programs and services funded by federal monies
rceptive Vocabulary
a bank of words a student can understand during conversation; listen vocabulary
Standard Error of Measurement -
an index of test error; it is the average standard deviation of error distributed around people's true test scores
Systematic Administration Errors
misguided inferences based on failure to administer tests according to standardized procedures
Portmanteaus
new words formed by combining two words and omitting letters.
Norms -
representative norms allow for correct estimates of relative standing in the general population
1. Context clues
rhetoricatial knowledge, schema, and picture clues that a student can use to figure out unknown words
Reliability -
sets the upper limit of a test's validity
Enabling Behaviors -
skills and facts that a person must rely on to demonstrate a target behavior or knowledge
Due Process -
specification by Congress on school personnel so that when a decision affecting identification, evaluation, or placement of a student with disabilities is to be made, the student's parents or guardians must be given both the opportunity to be heard and the right to have an impartial due process hearing to resolve conflicting o
