EDPSY 014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Standard Error, Percentile, Stanine
12 Mar 2014
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Standards statements that describe what students should know or be able to do at the end of a prescribed period of study. Accountability and standardized testing school districts: controversial. Serve three primary functions: assessment and diagnosis of learning. Diagnose strengths and weaknesses: selection and placement. Admission to college or into ap classes: program evaluation and accountability. Four kinds of standardized tests: content areas: achievement tests- standardized tests designed to assess how much students have learned in specified. Typically include batteries of subtests administered over several days. Reflect a curriculum common to most schools assess some, but not all goals of an individual: diagnostic tests standardized tests designed to provide a detailed description of learners" strengths and school good and bad. One size fits all approach weaknesses in specific skill areas. Two most common: the stanford-binet, comes in a kit with materials and a manual, types of items: Commonly used in selection and placement decisions.
