Explain the purposes of assessment

What will be an ideal response?


Assessment serves several important purposes. First, assessment informs your teaching practices that support and maximize the development of each child. Second, assessment serves as a tool in identifying significant concerns, such as delays or disabilities that may require focused intervention for individual children. Third, assessment can provide useful information that can help programs improve their educational and developmental interventions.

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Which of the following is FALSE?

a. Parents may find it very useful to become informed about assessment issues in general and any specific issues relevant to their child (e.g., assessment of minority children, use of specific tests or assessment techniques with a specific disability). b. Parents should advocate for a comprehensive evaluation of their child c. Parents may not suggest specific questions they would like to see addressed through the evaluation. d. Parents should inform the school of any accommodations the child will need

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________Is an interactive process whereby school personnel in general education

and special education, related services and support personnel, families of students, and the students themselves are working together and sharing their diversity of knowledge and expertise to define needs, plans, implement, assess, and follow up on ways of helping students develop to their fullest. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which case involved release of unsubstantiated allegations against a student to the state department of education?

a. Plyer v. Doe b. Gonzaga University v. Doe c. Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo d. New Jersey v. T.L.O.

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Under what conditions would planned comparisons be used?

A. When specific hypotheses have been generated prior to the start of the experiment B. When specific hypotheses have not been generated prior to the start of the experiment C. When homogeneity of variance is violated D. When homogeneity of variance > .05

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