What are high stakes tests? How can teachers reduce the anxiety students feel when taking these tests?
What will be an ideal response?
Definition: Standardized tests based on state-designed lists of grade level standards or competencies, administered in the spring of grades 3-8. Strategies: Teach test-taking strategies; design similar practice tests; use easy to read materials; use both narrative and expository passages; take regularly scheduled practice tests; begin untimed and move to timed practice tests; simulate actual testing conditions for practice tests; graph results to show students progress.
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Solitary play is
A) observing the play of others without reference to another child. B) playing by oneself. C) playing with only one toy or set of toys. D) unhealthy. E) All of these answers are correct.
The need for special education services is easier to demonstrate for students with severe disabilities because
A) ?their disabilities are visible. B) ?research and experience have shown that they cannot succeed in school without special education. C) ?they have received special education services since they were preschoolers. D) ?prereferral interventions tend not to work with these students.
Which of the following represents a limitation of the multiple baseline design?
a. some children are in baseline condition a long time and this delays the implementation of an intervention b. some behaviors are members of the same response class and a change in one behavior may bring about a change in another behavior c. the criterion for acceptable performance may vary from one situation to another thereby limiting the ability to control for extraneous factors d. both a and b e. all of the above
This is NOT a basic component of lesson development
a. cognitive demands b. key ideas c. instructional objectives d. reflection