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CHAPTER 7 POWERPOINT



PowerPoint Concepts
 * Assessment of Academic Achievement
 * Appropriate Uses of Individual Achievement Tests
 * Commonly Used Achievement
 * Appropriate Uses of Diagnostic Tests
 * Scoring Norm-Referenced Tests
 * Interpreting Strengths and Weaknesses

Chapter Seven Focus

This chapter includes several commonly used norm-referenced individual achievement tests. Information is presented that will enable you to understand how the basic methods of studying reliability and validity are applied to these instruments. You will learn some basic scoring methods that will allow you to generalize these skills to other instruments. Professionals working with students who require special services are concerned with how students perform on educational measures. One way to measure educational performance is to use norm-referenced achievement tests. Of all standardized tests, individually administered achievement tests are the most numerous (Anastasi & Urbina, 1998).

Key Terms

achievement tests screening tests aptitude tests diagnostic tests adaptive behavior scales norm-referenced tests curriculum-based assessment diagnostic instruments domain language assessment receptive language expressive language written language