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DSST Educational Terms Vocab
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1. 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
special education
inclusion
vocational education
IQ
2. 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..
mainstreaming
criterion-referenced tests
tracking
IQ
3. 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
charter school
data-based decision making
manipulatives
achievement gap
4. Differences in the way students learn more readily.
outcomes
cultural literacy
learning styles
equity
5. The 2002 version of ESEA requires that states administer ______ in math and reading for all students in grades 3 through 8; schools failing to produce sufficient improvements in student test scores will be subject to sanctions. Advocates of these tes
mastery learning
Title I
Annual tests
special education
6. 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
gender bias
school choice
mainstreaming
equity
7. 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
minimum competency tests
whole language
high-stakes tests
classroom management
8. 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
school choice
multiple intelligences
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
behavior modification
9. A way of organizing instruction that tries to ensure that students have mastered each increment of a subject before going on to the next. A system that recognizes teachers or principals who are thought to be especially capable by paying them higher
mastery learning
Head Start
differentiated instruction
accountability
10. A certificate issued to parents that can be used as full or partial payment of tuition for any nonpublic school.
special education
charter school
voucher
failing schools
11. 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
data-based decision making
assessment
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
special-needs students
12. 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:
differentiated instruction
standards
low-performance schools
teaching to the test
13. 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
looping
gender bias
ability grouping
higher-order thinking
14. A theory of education that places importance on the complete experience of learning and the ways in which the separate parts of the learning experience are interrelated.
IQ
reliability
holistic learning
high-stakes tests
15. Learning materials designed to help students understand abstract ideas by handling physical objects. An abacus is a mathematics manipulative.
multiple intelligences
manipulatives
curriculum
portfolio
16. Students who - because of physical - developmental - behavioral - or emotional disabilities - require special instructional help to reach their potential. This may include specially trained teachers - innovative technology or instructional materials
whole language
special-needs students
reliability
standards
17. A phrase used in the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) to describe the type of setting schools should provide for students with disabilities.
least restrictive environment
Head Start
criterion-referenced tests
data-based decision making
18. 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 failing schools.
Pygmalion effect
low-performance schools
rubric
multiple intelligences
19. 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
Bloom's taxonomy
General Educational Development (GED) exam
equity
multicultural education
20. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
competency tests
classroom management
minimum competency tests
equity
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 -
alignment
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
alternative schools
alternative assessment
22. 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.
behavior modification
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
special-needs students
norm-referenced tests
23. 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
behavior modification
summative test
high-stakes tests
Brown vs. Board of Education
24. 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
Brown vs. Board of Education
rubric
Pygmalion effect
gender bias
25. Although this term has many possible meanings - it usually refers to a written plan outlining what students will be taught (a course of study).
Head Start
Pygmalion effect
curriculum
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
26. 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 -
looping
ability grouping
Brown vs. Board of Education
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
27. Established in 1965 - Head Start is intended to foster healthy development of low-income children to help them succeed in school. Head Start and Early Head Start are federally sponsored - comprehensive child development programs that serve children f
mastery learning
differentiated instruction
magnet schools
Head Start
28. 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
norm-referenced tests
curriculum
accountability
charter school
29. Schools that differ in one or more ways from conventional public schools. Alternative schools may reflect a particular teaching philosophy - such as individualization - or a specific focus - such as science and technology. Alternative schools may als
minimum competency tests
classroom management
alternative schools
vocational education
30. Intended results of schooling: What students are supposed to know and be able to do.
Annual tests
outcomes
differentiated instruction
alignment
31. 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
charter school
Bloom's taxonomy
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
PTA
32. Use of assessment strategies - such as performance assessment - constructed response items - and portfolios - to replace or supplement assessment by machine-scored multiple-choice tests.
alternative assessment
problem-based learning
Annual tests
data-based decision making
33. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
alternative schools
equity
competency tests
accountability
34. 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
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
data-based decision making
Title I
Bloom's taxonomy
35. Assigning students to classes based on their past achievement or presumed ability to learn (also known as homogenous grouping)
competency tests
ability grouping
outcomes
least restrictive environment
36. 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
PTA
accountability
General Educational Development (GED) exam
cultural literacy
37. 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
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38. A collection of student work chosen to exemplify and document a student's learning progress over time.
portfolio
English language learner (ELL)
criterion-referenced tests
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
39. 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.
achievement gap
magnet schools
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
alignment
40. An informal term for assigning students to the same teacher for more than one school year.
tracking
General Educational Development (GED) exam
Title I
looping
41. 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
inclusion
vocational education
holistic learning
reliability
42. 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.
Head Start
multicultural education
gender bias
failing schools
43. 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
rubric
Head Start
least restrictive environment
gender bias
44. Educational programs for students who - because they have a disability of some kind - require special instructional help to reach their potential. This may include specially trained teachers - innovative technology or instructional materials - access
higher-order thinking
inclusion
classroom management
special education
45. Use of an approach based on behavioral science to change a person's way of doing things
gender bias
behavior modification
PTA
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
46. 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
Title I
classroom management
General Educational Development (GED) exam
tracking
47. The idea that families should have more than one alternative when enrolling their children in school.
IQ
multiple intelligences
school choice
accountability
48. An approach to curriculum and teaching that involves students in solution of real-life problems rather than conventional study of terms and information.
differentiated instruction
learning styles
mastery learning
problem-based learning
49. A student whose first language is other than English and who is in a special program for learning English (which may be bilingual education or English as a second language).
multicultural education
Title I
English language learner (ELL)
General Educational Development (GED) exam
50. 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.'
benchmark
General Educational Development (GED) exam
competency tests
classroom management