LETRS Unit 1 Session 7 Quiz Questions and Answers
Some very smart people have dyslexia. - Correct AnswerTrue
Dyslexia may be inherited. - Correct
... [Show More] AnswerTrue
Children who can't read by age 9 never will. - Correct AnswerFalse
Around 10-15 percent of the population have dyslexia. - Correct AnswerTrue
Dyslexia is seeing things backward. - Correct AnswerFalse
You can't identify dyslexic children before they enter school. - Correct AnswerFalse
School improvement requires long-term commitment. - Correct AnswerTrue
A research-based curriculum alone can turn schools around. - Correct AnswerFalse
Dyslexia affects far more boys than girls. - Correct AnswerFalse
All but 2-5 percent of children can learn to read. - Correct AnswerTrue
A test given every two weeks to determine whether a new reading program in helping at-risk students learn decoding skills - Correct AnswerMonitoring
A test of foundational skills given three times during first grade to identify at-risk students - Correct AnswerScreening
A high-stakes state reading comprehension test administered to all students at the end of third grade - Correct AnswerOutcome
A test given by a speech-language pathologist to determine whether a student meets criteria for a specific disorder - Correct AnswerDiagnostic
Characteristic of assessments that can be given quickly at fairly low cost while yielding valuable information - Correct AnswerEfficiency
Characteristic of assessments that measure what is intended, correspond well to other known measures, and predict fairly accurately how students will perform on accountability measures - Correct AnswerValidity
Characteristic of assessments that are likely to yield the same result if given several times on the same day in the same context - Correct AnswerReliability
Characteristic of assessments that tell where a student stands in relation to others of the same age or grade level - Correct AnswerNormed
Large-scale studies have shown that about half of first-graders who struggle with reading will catch up by third grade without any special interventions. - Correct AnswerFalse
What is the primary purpose of progress-monitoring assessments? - Correct AnswerThey help teachers determine if a particular instructional approach is working to bring a student closer to a target level of reading skill.
Which characteristics describe typical outcome assessments? Select all that apply. - Correct Answerdesigned to measure passage comprehension
useful for comparing individuals to norms for a given age or grade level
Which is a common limitation of screening measures? - Correct AnswerThe imprecision of the measures results in false positives—children identified as lacking sufficient reading skills even though they will later develop adequate reading skills.
For an assessment to be useful in a school setting, which three psychometric criteria are the most important? - Correct Answerreliable, valid, efficient
Some very smart people have dyslexia. - Correct AnswerTrue
Dyslexia may be inherited. - Correct AnswerTrue
Children who can't read by age 9 never will. - Correct AnswerFalse
Around 10-15 percent of the population have dyslexia. - Correct AnswerTrue
Dyslexia is seeing things backward. - Correct AnswerFalse
You can't identify dyslexic children before they enter school. - Correct AnswerFalse
School improvement requires long-term commitment. - Correct AnswerTrue
A research-based curriculum alone can turn schools around. - Correct AnswerFalse
Dyslexia affects far more boys than girls. - Correct AnswerFalse
All but 2-5 percent of children can learn to read. - Correct AnswerTrue
A test given every two weeks to determine whether a new reading program in helping at-risk students learn decoding skills - Correct AnswerMonitoring
A test of foundational skills given three times during first grade to identify at-risk students - Correct AnswerScreening
A high-stakes state reading comprehension test administered to all students at the end of third grade - Correct AnswerOutcome
A test given by a speech-language pathologist to determine whether a student meets criteria for a specific disorder - Correct AnswerDiagnostic
Characteristic of assessments that can be given quickly at fairly low cost while yielding valuable information - Correct AnswerEfficiency
Characteristic of assessments that measure what is intended, correspond well to other known measures, and predict fairly accurately how students will perform on accountability measures - Correct AnswerValidity
Characteristic of assessments that are likely to yield the same result if given several times on the same day in the same context - Correct AnswerReliability
Characteristic of assessments that tell where a student stands in relation to others of the same age or grade level - Correct AnswerNormed
Large-scale studies have shown that about half of first-graders who struggle with reading will catch up by third grade without any special interventions. - Correct AnswerFalse
What is the primary purpose of progress-monitoring assessments? - Correct AnswerThey help teachers determine if a particular instructional approach is working to bring a student closer to a target level of reading skill.
Which characteristics describe typical outcome assessments? Select all that apply. - Correct Answerdesigned to measure passage comprehension
useful for comparing individuals to norms for a given age or grade level
Which is a common limitation of screening measures? - Correct AnswerThe imprecision of the measures results in false positives—children identified as lacking sufficient reading skills even though they will later develop adequate reading skills.
For an assessment to be useful in a school setting, which three psychometric criteria are the most important? - Correct Answerreliable, valid, efficient [Show Less]