Assessment Terminology

Assessment Terminology - 1

Lamar University

College of Education

Counseling and Special Populations Department

Assessment Terminology

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your understanding and ability to explain

terminology associated tests, measurement, and evaluation. The ability to clearly explain

assessment terminology is required to effectively help students, parents, staff, teachers, and other

stakeholders understand results and needs based on tests, measurement, and evaluation.

Directions

In your own words, clearly define or describe each assessment term or concept as if you were

explaining the term to a person without a background in education, assessment, or special

education. Use acronyms, visual representations, analogies, or examples to enhance your

definition or description. Remember to include citations and a reference page.

1. Age equivalent 2. Alternate forms reliability 3. Assessment 4. Chronological age 5. Concurrent validity 6. Construct validity 7. Content validity 8. Content-referenced test 9. Convergent validity 10. Correlation 11. Criterion-referenced test 12. Criterion-related validity 13. Curriculum-based assessment 14. Curriculum-based measurement 15. Deciles 16. Discriminant validity 17. Dynamic assessment 18. Ecological assessment 19. Grade equivalent 20. Informal reading inventory 21. Instructional planning 22. Interrater reliability 23. Interval scale of measurement 24. Learning styles assessment 25. Mean 26. Measures of central tendency 27. Median 28. Mode

Assessment Terminology - 2

29. Nominal scale of measurement 30. Normal distribution 31. Norm-referenced test 32. Ordinal scale of measurement 33. Outcome-based assessment 34. Percentile 35. Performance-based assessment 36. Portfolio 37. Predictive validity 38. Protocol 39. Purpose of assessment 40. Quartiles 41. Range 42. Raw score 43. Reliability 44. Reliability coefficient 45. Scaled score 46. Skewed distribution 47. Split-half reliability 48. Standard deviation 49. Standard error of measurement 50. Standard score 51. Standardized test 52. Standards-referenced test 53. Stanine 54. T score 55. Task analysis 56. Test-retest reliability 57. Validity 58. Validity coefficient 59. Variance 60. Z score

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Assessment Terminology Rubric Skill Area Developing

0-24

Competent

32

Proficient

40

Score

Quantity Defined at least 50 terms Defined at least 55 terms Defined 60 terms

Developing

0-30

Competent

40

Proficient

50

Quality All terms were correctly defined in student’s own words

All terms were clearly and correctly defined in student’s own words; and acronyms, visual representations, analogies, or examples enhanced most definitions

All terms were clearly and correctly defined in student’s own words; and acronyms, visual representations, analogies, or examples enhanced each definition

Developing

0-6

Competent

8

Proficient

10

References Citations and references in APA format with four or more errors

Citations and references in APA format with one to three errors

Citations and references in APA format with zero errors

Total Points out of 100 possible points