WorksheetsPraxis Prep
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
(4) A major advantage of standardized norm-referenced assessment, as compared to curriculum-based assessment, is that standardized norm-referenced tests
Are more sensitive to short-term student growth
Are more tailored to the specific curriculum
Provide a greater capacity to evaluate students in terms of large groups of grade-level peers
Yield more information on whether students have mastered units that are prerequisites for future work
(3) According to Caplan's model of consultee-centered case consultation, the consultant is primarily
interested in
Identifying practices in the administration of school programs that are inconsistent with stated instructional goals
Identifying and eliminating the causes of the consultee's difficulties in handling a problem
Establishing a hierarchy of authority to enable effective decision-making
Presenting a single well-defined and unambiguous course of action for the consultant to overcome skills deficits
(7) A common criticism of labeling students as disabled is that individuals tend to perform in accordance with characteristics associated with a label. This performance phenomenon is known by which of the following names?
The primacy effect
The law of effect
The self-fulfilling prophecy
The Premack principle
(16) A teacher attempts to encourage reading by exempting students from some homework assignments for each book they read. Which of the following terms best describes the behavior modification technique applied by the teacher?
Extinction
Variable-ratio reinforcement
Fixed-ratio reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
(22) Within a multimethod model of assessment, child interviews are most helpful for which purpose?
Incorporating a strength-based perspective
Establishing rapport and to better understand the child's perspective on the issue
Determining the most effective instructional strategies for his or her particular learning needs
Meeting legal guidelines for a comprehensive assessment
(18) Susan is a first-grade student referred to the school psychologist because she will not remain seated at her desk. Her teacher reports that Susan is "always getting up and walking around the room." What observation data would be LEAST relevant to this referral concern?
Frequency
Duration
Intensity
Peer Comparison
(19) In test construction and evaluation, validity refers to the degree to which a test
Measures what it purports to measure
Yields consistent results on successive administrations
Has been piloted and statistically analyzed
Includes norms based on a representative sample of the general population
(23) Mr. Thomas, a school psychologist, works with Ms. Riddle, a special education teacher, to meet the needs of Mark, a student with autism. Mr. Thomas does not work with Mark directly; Ms. Riddle acts as his mediator. This collaboration is an example of which consultation model?
Triadic
Systems
Resource
Adaptive
(20) The decisions in Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of California (197 4, 1976) establishes which of the following principles regarding confidentiality in counseling relationships?
Need to maintain accurate records
Need to obtain informed consent
Responsibility to maintain privacy
Duty to warn and protect
(24) Which of the following statistical procedures consists of systematically combining data from multiple studies focusing on the same question and using similar variables?
Analysis of variance
Multiple regression
Multivariate correlation
Meta-analysis
