Term
| What is the main way we evaluate our program |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A good place to start when evaluating |
|
Definition
| Start out with needs assessment and see if you are meeting these needs. |
|
|
Term
| The instrument through which you do the appraisal |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A description of the behavior that emphasizes their strenghts and weaknesses |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The process you go through in understanding the meaning of the data |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Determines the degree or balance of a specefic trait. Telss you how much and how often. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| part of an appraisal. A specific grouping under a category. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Uniformed procedure you have to go through. Uniformed testing conditions |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Mean, Median, and mode are the examples of.... |
|
Definition
| Measures of Central Tendency |
|
|
Term
| Range and Standard Deviation are examples of... |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Record of the description of the student's behavior` |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A part of a test you can get in order that you may look at it before you pay for the whole thing. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A test that measures what has already been learned |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A test that measures your ability to learn |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
* If a parent wants to see their child's records, they have to submit a formal request with the administration.
* Your private notes do not have to be given to the parents, but they can be subpoenaed. |
|
|
Term
| What does FERPA stand for |
|
Definition
| Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act |
|
|
Term
| Each local board of education shall develop a local school administrative unit safe school plan designed to provide that every school in the local school administrative unit is safe, secure, and orderly, that there is a climate of respect in every school, and that appropriate personal conduct is a priority for all students and all public school personnel. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| A way that school Improvement plans effects Brandon |
|
Definition
| Shall include a plan that specifies the effective instructional practices and methods to be used to improve the academic performance of students identified as at risk of academic failure or at risk of dropping out of school |
|
|
Term
| Way in which school improvement plans impacts Andy |
|
Definition
| Shall include a plan to address school safety and discipline concerns |
|
|
Term
| Local school administrative units shall identify students who have been placed at risk for academic failure. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How does the Child Find Requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act impact Brandon |
|
Definition
| From the information we have, we are not sure if he has been diagnosed with something that would require as a disability. If he does not qualify for this act yet, this section of it allows for the administration evaluate his need for being labeled with a disabilitiy that affects his education. |
|
|
Term
| How does the Right to a Sound, Basic Education impact these children |
|
Definition
| The law emphasizes an equal opportunity for all students to learn. I would say Brandon needs more help, because he is an At-Risk student. Andy is not receiving an equal opportunity to learn, as well, due to the fact that he is scared to come to school. |
|
|
Term
| when tests are easier for one culture than another. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The consistency of test results and outcomes from other assessment processes. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The degree to which an assessment instrument actually measures what it says it does. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| it indicates that the items on a test are a fair representation of the domain of knowledge or tasks the test purports to measure. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| it indicates the effectiveness of a test in predicting a student's performance in certain situations. |
|
Definition
| Criterion-related validity |
|
|
Term
| it involves the effectiveness of a test in assessing abstract, psychological characteristics that the test claims to assess. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Two types of personality assessments |
|
Definition
| Personality inventories and Projective techniques. |
|
|
Term
| A resource that has descriptions of new tests, reviews concerning those tests and other things regarding the new tests that are out there. |
|
Definition
| Mental Measurements Yearbook. |
|
|
Term
| a guide for locating information and descriptions about specific tests that are currently published |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the creation of the U.S. Employment Service, which used its thousands of occupational definitions to match job seekers to jobs from 1939 to the late 1990s |
|
Definition
| Dictionary of occupational titles |
|
|
Term
| a set of testing standards developed jointly by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). |
|
Definition
| Standards for educational and psychological testing |
|
|
Term
| the process of measuring a range of student attributes, abilities and interest for making professional judgements based on the results. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| collecting data from a variety of sources, forming opininons and making comparisons with those data, and drawing conclusions with which to guide students and others in educational and career decisions. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The average scores of specified groups within the representative sample |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| tests designed to assess student performance in terms of specific standards or learning objectives. |
|
Definition
| Criterion-referenced tests |
|
|
Term
| tests that compare an individual student's performance to the performance of a group. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| The way counselors and teachers quantify the relationship between different sets of test results |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the best means we have for evaluating some aspects of learning and development |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| indicates students' performance by the distance above or below the average score for the group |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the measure of variability or spread across the group |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| indicates the percentage of students who fall below a particular raw score |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| they help teachers and counselors evaluate student relationships and identify students who are most often chosen by their peers and those who are social isolates |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| at these meetings, counselors, teachers, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other professionals pool their knowledge and assessment results to make decisions about services to offer students and families |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| tests that consist of a series of questsions to which the student responds yes or no |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| examples of projective techniques |
|
Definition
| Rorshach, draw-a-person test, children's apperception test |
|
|
Term
| examples of interest inventories |
|
Definition
| Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, Self-Directed Search, Ohio Vocational Interest Survey |
|
|
Term
| keeping a record of the frequency with which behaviors occur |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| a structured form used when gathering observational data |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| When doing this, an observer determines the length of the observation period and divides it into equal segments, then records when the identified behavior occurs during the time period |
|
Definition
| Interval recording and time sampling |
|
|
Term
| A large part of your job as a counselor is to..... |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| an individual's right to privacy that is inherent in professional counseling relationships |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| a legal term used to indicate that a person is protected from having confidential information revealed in a public hearing or court of law. |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1. the student must have proper notice about regulations that have been violated
2. the student must be given an opportunity for a hearing
3. the hearing must be conducted fairly |
|
|
Term
| This legislation gives parents of minor students the right to review all official schoo records related to theri children |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| This tradition exists beyond the simple declaration of specific codes of conduct |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| the most common means of getting a school or education case before the supreme court |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| what is the 14th amendment? |
|
Definition
| It has the due process clause in it |
|
|
Term
| How does the fourth amendment relate to students |
|
Definition
| Students are protected against unreasonable searches |
|
|
Term
| what is the primary purpose of Title IX |
|
Definition
| To protect students from being discriminated on the basis of sex |
|
|
