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Competency 12 Assessment of Developing Literacy
TExES Generalist EC-6 Test
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10/18/2010

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Authentic Assessment
Definition

This type of assessment use:

real-world tasks

also called performance assessments

students apply their knowledge and skills

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Cloze Preocedure
Definition
This helps with reading comprehension and students use knowledge of syntax and semantics to predict missing words
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Anecdotal Record
Definition
This type of observation uses a checklist to record observed behavior over time
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Authentic Assessments
Definition

This type of assessment:

  • reflect on actual learning
  • is continuous
  • identifies strengths and weaknesses
  • varies to allow equal opportunity
  • collaborative with teacher, child, and parent
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Cloze Procedure
Definition
This technique gives a teacher information about a child's reading comprehension skills
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Benchmark-Standard
Definition
The TEKS is what type of assessment?
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Running Record
Definition
A first grade teacher has a student read aloud a previously read book and notes the correct and incorrect words.  The teacher would use a...
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Portfolio
Definition
  • used as a formative assessment during conferences
  • used as a summative for at the end of a unit
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Miscue Analysis
Definition
  • used to assess a student's decoding ability
  • notes an oral reading response that differs fro the text
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Cloze Procedure
Definition
An effective teaching strategy to teach children that printed language is spoken words written down is to incorporate _______________ into the lessons
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Checklist
Definition
A science teacher can use this while observing students at work on a lab experiment...
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Formal Assessments
Definition
  • IQ tests
  • TAKS tests
  • Standardized tests
  • Compares to a group

are all what type of assessments?

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Instructional
Definition
If a child has 6-10% of oral reading errors, they ae considered at what reading level?
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Independent Reading Level
Definition
Miscue or oral reading with 5% or fewer errors are said to be...
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Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
Definition
These are used to determine a student's level of reading and strength in both decoding and comprehension
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Informal Assessments
Definition
  • Observations
  • Reading assessment strategies
  • Writing assessment strategies
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Instructional
Definition
This reading level is higher than a child's independent reading level
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Informal assessments
Definition
These are done by casual observation like observing students during an activity
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Summative Assessments
Definition

Used to gather info and evaluate at the end of a unit of study

Includes:

portfolios

oral presentations

graphic organizers

     -story map, Venn Diagram, chart, table

written/visual projects

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Norm-Referenced Test
Definition
  • An achievement test
  • Scores are reported as percentile
  • Compares performance with that of a group
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Formal Assessment
Definition
This is also known as a standardized assessment
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Observations
Definition
  • observation checklists
  • anecdotal records
  • interest inventories
  • conferences

are all considered to be...

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Formal Assessments
Definition
  • Criterion-Referenced tests such as the TAKS and the TExES test
  • Norm-Referenced tests such as the SAT

are both examples of what?

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Formative Assessments
Definition

Monitors on a daily basis and can include:

  • listening to read alouds
  • conferences
  • reading logs
  • running records
  • observation checklists
  • daily work
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Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
Definition
  • includes reading lecels
  • composed of graded word lists
  • graded passages from stories and
  • related comprehension questions
Term
Diagnostic Assessment
Definition

Used before instruction to determine child's knowledge

Includes:

KWL chart, graphic organizer, brainstorming, discussions, anticipation guides, quickwrite

 

what type of assessment is this?

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Writing assessments
Definition
  • observatiosn
  • checklists
  • rubrics
  • writing conferences and
  • portfolios

are all strategies for

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Evaluation
Definition

Descriptive verbs such as:

-justify        -disprove       -recommend

-defend       -critique         -prove

-appraise     -debate          -dispute

-assess        -judge           -value

 

are all examples of what level of blooms taxonomy?

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TRUE
Definition

True or False...

Teachers like students to:

  • Imagine
  • Discuss and Describe
  • Predict and
  • Debate
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TRUE
Definition

True or False?

  • Have students draw diagrams
  • Giving timed tests or pretests
  • Using extrinsic rewards
  • Encouraging competition
  • Comparing abilities or behaviors
  • Embarrass or ridicule

are all ineffective teaching practices

 

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Ineffective teaching practices
Definition
  • providing answers
  • minimize or simplify content
  • excuse students from assignments
  • assign skill/drill activities that require memorization

are all examples of ...

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False - Ineffective teaching practices
Definition
  • use of worksheets, paper based activities and videos
  • allowing students to copy definitions
  • having students write sentences with spelling words

are all effective teaching practices

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Analysis
Definition

Descriptive words such as:

 

analize             differentiate         infer

break down      dissect                 recognize

categorize        distinguish           reduce

correlate          examine              point out

diagram

 

all examples of what level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

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Application
Definition

Descriptive words such as

apply, chart, develop, assess, compute, illustrate, build, construct, model, calculate, contribue, predict, solve, give example, make use of...

are all examples of what level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

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Comprehension
Definition

Words such as:

account for, demonstrate, estimate, associate, give examples, explain, classify, summarize, relate, compare, restate, rephrase, contrast, make sense of, outline

 

are all descriptive words for what level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

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Knowledge
Definition

Words such as:

  • choose, read, point to, define, list, collect, describe, identify, name, recall, pick, state, what, when, where, who...

are all descriptive words for what level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

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Synthesis
Definition

Descriptive words such as:

  • build, compose, validate, collaborate, construct, propose, combine, create, what if, compile, design

are all examples of what level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

Term
what type of reading materials to use in the class library
Definition
When a teacher administers an Informal Rading Inventory, he/she can identify the student's reading level to help them know...
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Effective teaching practices
Definition
  • Model, demonstrate, and teach
  • Promote higher order thinking skills
  • Build metacognition and encourage self-monitoring
  • Modify assignments to meet student needs
  • Use hands-on, concrete experiences
  • Use educational opportunities that arise in the classroom

Are all examples of what?

Term
  1. Excusing students from assignments
  2. Using worksheets
  3. Copying definitions
  4. Giving students the answers
Definition
Name 4 answer choices that should be avoided on the test
Term
Effective teaching practices
Definition
  • Set a purpose for learning
  • Use prior knowledge and relate learning to real life
  • examine different perspectives
  • Use KWL charts and graphic organizers
  • Assess student learning and reflect on teaching practices
  • Engage in student-teacher discussions

are all examples of what?

Term

Effective Teaching Practices

 

Definition
  • Incorporate group work into lesson plans
  • Encourage collaboration and discussion between students

are 2 examples of what?

Term
  • Running records
  • Cloze procedures
  • Miscue analysis
  • Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
  • Story Retelling
  • Reading Portfolio

 

Definition

Reading asessment strategies include

 

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