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DSST Educational Terms Vocab
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1. An approach to curriculum and teaching that involves students in solution of real-life problems rather than conventional study of terms and information.
problem-based learning
higher-order thinking
English language learner (ELL)
summative test
2. Specific descriptions of performance of a given task at several different levels of quality. Teachers use rubrics to evaluate student performance on performance tasks. The way a teacher provides support to make sure students succeed at complex tasks
classroom management
minimum competency tests
rubric
learning styles
3. The practice of dividing students for instruction according to their perceived abilities. Students are placed on a particular track (college-bound - general - vocational - and remedial) and given a curriculum that varies according to their perceived
tracking
voucher
whole language
General Educational Development (GED) exam
4. A self-governing educational facility that operates under contract between the school's organizers and the sponsors (often local school boards but sometimes other agencies - such as state boards of education). The organizers are often teachers - pare
outcomes
benchmark
low-performance schools
charter school
5. A collection of student work chosen to exemplify and document a student's learning progress over time.
whole language
portfolio
criterion-referenced tests
learning styles
6. A test given to evaluate and document what students have learned. The term is used to distinguish such tests from formative tests - which are used primarily to diagnose what students have learned in order to plan further instruction
achievement gap
summative test
tracking
multicultural education
7. A certificate issued to parents that can be used as full or partial payment of tuition for any nonpublic school.
voucher
alternative assessment
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
General Educational Development (GED) exam
8. The practice of educating all children in the same classroom - including children with physical - mental - and developmental disabilities. Inclusion classes often require a special assistant to the classroom teacher. In a fully inclusive school or cl
voucher
inclusion
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
magnet schools
9. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
higher-order thinking
alternative schools
ability grouping
minimum competency tests
10. Differences in the way students learn more readily.
learning styles
high-stakes tests
Brown vs. Board of Education
General Educational Development (GED) exam
11. Tests used to determine which individual students get rewards - honors - or sanctions. Low-stakes tests are used primarily to improve student learning. Tests with high stakes attached include college entrance examinations and tests students must pass
high-stakes tests
looping
failing schools
performance tasks
12. The responsibility of an agency to its sponsors and clientele for accomplishing its mission with prudent use of resources. In education - accountability is currently thought to require measurable proof that teachers - schools - districts - and states
accountability
equity
PTA
Pygmalion effect
13. Persistent differences in achievement among different types of students as indicated by scores on standardized tests - teacher grades - and other data. The gaps most frequently referred to are those between whites and minority groups - especially Afr
achievement gap
benchmark
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
classroom management
14. A classification of educational objectives developed in the 1950s by a group of researchers headed by Benjamin Bloom of the University of Chicago. Commonly refers to the objectives for the cognitive domain - which range from knowledge and comprehensi
15. Activities - exercises - or problems that require students to show what they can do.
performance tasks
PTA
special education
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
16. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
standards
vocational education
voucher
competency tests
17. Schooling at the high school level that allows students to spend a part of the school day attending traditional classes and the rest of the day learning a trade - such as auto repair or cosmetology. Vocational classes may be held in the same school b
vocational education
special-needs students
outcomes
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
18. Tests designed to measure how thoroughly a student has learned a particular body of knowledge without regard to how well other students have learned it..
magnet schools
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
criterion-referenced tests
mastery learning
19. A theory of intelligence developed in the 1980s by Howard Gardner - professor of education at Harvard University. Gardner defines intelligence broadly as 'the capacity to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural sett
alternative assessment
looping
multiple intelligences
criterion-referenced tests
20. The way a teacher organizes and administers routines to make classroom life as productive and satisfying as possible. What some people might describe narrowly as 'discipline.'
failing schools
school choice
alternative schools
classroom management
21. A revision of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act - the IDEA is a federal law passed in 1991 and amended in 1997 that guarantees a free appropriate public education for eligible children and youth with disabilities. According to the law -
alternative schools
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
failing schools
inclusion
22. Intended results of schooling: What students are supposed to know and be able to do.
outcomes
at-risk students
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
standards
23. The effect of teacher expectations on student performance. The term refers to a Greek myth that was the forerunner of the musical My Fair Lady - in which a teacher transforms an uneducated person into a proper lady. Extensive research has documented
achievement gap
Pygmalion effect
Annual tests
norm-referenced tests
24. Measuring the learning and performance of students or teachers. Different types of assessment instruments include achievement tests - minimum competency tests - developmental screening tests - aptitude tests - observation instruments - performance ta
assessment
accountability
at-risk students
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
25. The case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 in which racial segregation in public schools was held to be unconstitutional.
IQ
Brown vs. Board of Education
rubric
gender bias
26. Alternative public schools - most of which focus on a particular area of study - such as performing arts or science and technology but also offer regular school subjects.
magnet schools
achievement gap
IQ
data-based decision making
27. Use of assessment strategies - such as performance assessment - constructed response items - and portfolios - to replace or supplement assessment by machine-scored multiple-choice tests.
voucher
mainstreaming
problem-based learning
alternative assessment
28. Researcher Lauren Resnick has defined higher-order thinking as the kind of thinking needed when the path to finding a solution is not specified - and that yields multiple solutions rather than one. Higher-order thinking requires mental effort because
special education
school choice
special-needs students
higher-order thinking
29. The effort to ensure that what teachers teach is in accord with what the curriculum says will be taught and what is assessed on official tests.
school choice
Title I
Annual tests
alignment
30. The idea that families should have more than one alternative when enrolling their children in school.
school choice
mainstreaming
mastery learning
IQ
31. Preparing students for a test by concentrating on the particular things the test contains rather than on the broader body of knowledge the test is intended to measure. An extreme example would be drilling students on the 20 words the teacher knows wi
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
teaching to the test
high-stakes tests
holistic learning
32. A phrase used in the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) to describe the type of setting schools should provide for students with disabilities.
mastery learning
inclusion
least restrictive environment
rubric
33. In current usage - the term usually refers to specific criteria for what students are expected to learn and be able to do. These standards usually take two forms in the curriculum:
standards
data-based decision making
portfolio
alignment
34. Schools - almost always located in urban or low-income rural areas - in which an unacceptably low proportion of students meet established standards - as indicated by test scores. Also called low-performing schools.
differentiated instruction
competency tests
failing schools
mainstreaming
35. NAEP (pronounced 'nape') - is also known as The Nation's Report Card. It is a federally funded program (currently contracted to Educational Testing Service in Princeton - N.J.) that provides information about the achievement of students nationally an
manipulatives
outcomes
multicultural education
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
36. The GED exam is a high school equivalency test that was first developed in 1942. Each year - approximately 800 -000 adults receive a GED diploma
charter school
summative test
General Educational Development (GED) exam
norm-referenced tests
37. An informal term for assigning students to the same teacher for more than one school year.
looping
performance tasks
behavior modification
reliability
38. U.S. legislation passed in 1965 that provided large amounts of federal aid to states and local districts as part of the larger War on Poverty. ESEA must be reauthorized periodically by the Congress. The most well-known provision of ESEA is Title I -
differentiated instruction
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
looping
Pygmalion effect
39. Although this term has many possible meanings - it usually refers to a written plan outlining what students will be taught (a course of study).
curriculum
alignment
Title I
alternative schools
40. A standard for judging a performance..
special-needs students
low-performance schools
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
benchmark
41. Students with certain special needs - as specified by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - have a legal right to a special plan written by a multidisciplinary team. After a series of tests and observations determine the child's ne
voucher
alternative schools
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
42. Students who are reasonably fluent in another language but who have not yet achieved comparable mastery in reading - writing - listening - or speaking English. LEP students are often assigned to bilingual education or English-as-a-second-language (ES
General Educational Development (GED) exam
special education
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
reliability
43. Students who have a higher than average probability of dropping out or failing school. Broad categories usually include inner-city - low-income - and homeless children; those not fluent in English; and special-needs students with emotional disabiliti
performance tasks
at-risk students
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
44. Assigning students to classes based on their past achievement or presumed ability to learn (also known as homogenous grouping)
standards
high-stakes tests
outcomes
ability grouping
45. The habits and values taught in schools that are not specified in the official written curriculum. May refer to what critics see as an overemphasis on obedience - dependence - and conformity.
reliability
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
standards
Title I
46. The idea that one gender or the other is short-changed by school practices and expectations. The term may refer to the difficulties boys tend to have in conforming to classroom routines and learning to read and write - or it may refer to lower averag
gender bias
mastery learning
alternative schools
achievement gap
47. In testing - an estimate of how closely the results of a test would match if the test were given repeatedly to the same student under the same conditions (and there was no practice effect).
outcomes
IQ
General Educational Development (GED) exam
reliability
48. The goal of equity is to achieve a high-quality education for all students - regardless of gender - race - ethnicity - socioeconomic status - disabilities - or special needs. Studies show widespread inequities in financial support - classroom expecta
equity
performance tasks
accountability
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
49. Refers to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 - which is intended to improve education in high-poverty communities by targeting extra resources to schools and school districts with the highest concentrations of povert
teaching to the test
Pygmalion effect
Title I
inclusion
50. The idea of E. D. Hirsch - professor of English at the University of Virginia - that there is a certain body of knowledge (core knowledge) that people must know to be well-educated - well-rounded American citizens.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
cultural literacy
alignment
IQ