Gifted Assessment Vocabulary

1. What is the Information and data gathered along the way that is used to improve, modify, or revise a program, curriculum, or unit of instruction to enhance student learning. This type of evaluation helps guide ongoing classroom instruction.

• Summative Evaluation

• Formative Evaluation

• Easy Evaluation

• Difficult Evaluation

 What is the tool that comes from a teacher-constructed list of characteristics used as criteria for ranking the quality of students' work, along with some type of guide for scoring or grading. Usually, this guide describes the criteria along with a numerical range or scale to indicate the degree of quality or mastery shown by the work. There are many different types of these, all of which are useful for the project or performance assessment.

• Survey

• Practice

• Rubric

• Q&A

1. What is the middle number; the point where there is one-half above and one-half below, thus dividing the group into two equal parts: the 50th percentile…..

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

1. What is the the difference between the highest and lowest scores plus 1?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

1. What is the average of a set of scores or numbers; the sum divided by the number of scores. Extremes in scores skew this number. For instance, giving a student a zero significantly affects his average.?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

1. What is the extent to which a score differs from a certain reference point, usually the norm, midpoint, or average.

• deviation

• difference

• product

• average

1. Which kind of test predicts what a student will be able to do in the future and the likely effects of future learning experiences. Thus, it may predict future behavior, achievements, or performance by measuring general abilities, knowledge, and problem-solving skills. These tests are often used to measure general intelligence or mental ability and to predict the likelihood of an individual's benefit from a certain educational or training program. Examples include IQ tests, which predict how well a student will do in school, and SATs, ACT, and GRE, which predict success in college or graduate school.

• Aptitude test

• Achievement Test

1. Which kind of test measures what has been taught and learned in the extent to which an individual has achieved or mastered a set of defined objectives or learning outcomes, usually acquired as a result of instruction or schooling. This test should be administered after completing the program, unit of work, or experience. Often, it is a written standardized test that measures the information, knowledge, or skills acquired in certain subject areas and is used to judge specific academic abilities. These tests are more valid and reliable when the objectives are aligned with what has been taught. When this type of test is based on grade level work, it may not show the actual achievement of gifted and high-ability students because these students often hit the test ceiling, and there is no way to measure how high their achievement is. Examples include the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement Test, and many state-developed standardized tests at various grade levels.

• Aptitude test

• Achievement Test

1. The extent to which a test does the job it is used and measures what it is supposed to measure.

• consistency

• validity

• performance review

• testing the test

What is the age for which a given score on an intelligence test is considered average or normal.