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Sonya Crone

Terminology 3

CTE 431-79 Fall

September 29, 2019

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Terminology

Vocational assessment- vocational assessment is the process of determining an individual's

interests, abilities and aptitudes and skills to identify vocational strengths, needs and career

potential (What a client should know about a vocational evaluation).

Confidentiality- confidentiality is the act of protecting all personally identifiable data,

information, and records collected, used, or kept by the school district about a student

(Understanding Confidentiality Requirements).

Formal assessment- ongoing assessments to determine a students' ability levels in various

academic areas and used to guide a teacher’s instruction (Informal vs Formal Assessments).

Informal assessment- sometimes referred to as criterion referenced measures or

performance-based measures, should be used to inform instruction (Informal vs Formal

Assessments).

Career assessment- a process of assessing a student’s interests, skills, personality traits,

and values throughout all school years (Career Assessment).

Transition assessment- is an ongoing process of collecting information and transition

planning implementation on the student’s strengths, needs, preferences, and interest as they

relate to the demands of current and future living, learning, and working environments

(Sitlington).

Person-Centered planning- an approach to designing support that is guided by the

individual with disabilities (or his/her advocates) that receives support, builds from personal

strengths and vision, and results in practical action plans (Sitlington 75).
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Accommodations- alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows

an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks. They

allow students with disabilities to pursue a regular course of study ( What is the difference

between accommodation and modification for a student with a disability).

Differential effectiveness or differential boost- to discuss accommodations that enable

students with disabilities to perform better but did not benefit those without disabilities

(Sitilington 78).

Standardized tests- any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same

questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that

(2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the

relative performance of individual students or groups of students. While different types of tests

and assessments may be “standardized” in this way, the term is primarily associated with large-

scale tests administered to large populations of students (Great Schools Partnership).

* norm-referenced devices- test that compare an individual’s performance to the

performance of his or her peers (Sitlington 89).

* objective-referenced assessment- tests referenced to specific instructional objectives

rather than to the performance of a peer group or norm group (Sitlington 89).

Career Cruising- is a self-exploration and planning program that helps people of all ages

achieve their potential in school, career and life (Career Cruising).

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Criterion-referenced testing- compares an individual’s performance to a preestablished

level of performance rather than to the performance of others or to a set of norms (Sitlington 90).

Domain referenced testing- an assessment approach that focuses on the specific

components of a content area to determine what the student knows or can do (Sitlington 90).

Curriculum based measurement- is an ongoing assessment approach that consist of a set

of assessment techniques for the areas of reading, written expression, spelling, and math, using

time samples of the student’s work (Sitlington 90-91).

Portfolio assessment- a collection of student works that are associated with standards you

are required to learn (Building a Portfolio Assessment Can Be a Powerful Tool for Students).

Situational assessment- allows for evaluation of an individual's support needs in an actual

living, learning and work environment, as well as the ability of the work environment to

“naturally” provide those work supports (Sitlington 95).

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References

Building a Portfolio Assessment Can Be a Powerful Tool for Students. (2011, December 31).

Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/the-purpose-of-building-a-portfolio-

assessment-3194653

Career Assessment. (2015, March 21). Retrieved from

https://www.careerful.com/services/career-assessment/

Career Cruising. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://public.careercruising.com/en/

Formal vs. Informal Assessments. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/formal-vs-informal-

assessments/

Great Schools Partnership. (2015, November 12). Standardized Test Definition. Retrieved from

https://www.edglossary.org/standardized-test/

Sitlington, P. L., Neubert, D. A., & Clark, G. M. (2009). Transition Education and Services for

Students with Disabilities. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Understanding Confidentiality Requirements. (2017, May 11). Retrieved from

http://www.wrightslaw.com/blog/understanding-confidentiality-requirements/

What a client should know about a vocational evaluation. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://www.tdcfamilylaw.com/blog/what-a-client-should-know-about-a-vocational-

evaluation

What is the difference between accommodation and modification for a student with a disability?

(n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.washington.edu/doit/what-difference-between-

accommodation-and-modification-student-disability