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DSST Educational Terms Vocab
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1. 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).
behavior modification
Brown vs. Board of Education
differentiated instruction
English language learner (ELL)
2. The idea that families should have more than one alternative when enrolling their children in school.
data-based decision making
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
school choice
3. 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
competency tests
Head Start
looping
whole language
4. 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.
cultural literacy
mainstreaming
failing schools
accountability
5. A form of instruction that seeks to 'maximize each student's growth by meeting each student where she is and helping the student to progress.
differentiated instruction
minimum competency tests
vocational education
PTA
6. 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
achievement gap
mainstreaming
ability grouping
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
7. Although this term has many possible meanings - it usually refers to a written plan outlining what students will be taught (a course of study).
special education
higher-order thinking
curriculum
Annual tests
8. 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
reliability
rubric
assessment
higher-order thinking
9. 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
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
at-risk students
holistic learning
Title I
10. Intelligence quotient
IQ
least restrictive environment
performance tasks
criterion-referenced tests
11. 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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12. 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
General Educational Development (GED) exam
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
cultural literacy
higher-order thinking
13. 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).
failing schools
reliability
high-stakes tests
rubric
14. 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
failing schools
outcomes
special education
Brown vs. Board of Education
15. Differences in the way students learn more readily.
General Educational Development (GED) exam
multiple intelligences
learning styles
voucher
16. 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
holistic learning
differentiated instruction
ability grouping
17. 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
voucher
Bloom's taxonomy
summative test
portfolio
18. Analyzing existing sources of information (class and school attendance - grades - test scores) and other data (portfolios - surveys - interviews) to make decisions about the school. The process involves organizing and interpreting the data and creati
data-based decision making
reliability
standards
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
19. Schooling that helps students understand and relate to cultural - ethnic - and other diversity - including religion - language - gender - age - and socioeconomic - mental - and physical differences.
multicultural education
classroom management
vocational education
problem-based learning
20. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
manipulatives
least restrictive environment
ability grouping
minimum competency tests
21. 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
magnet schools
holistic learning
least restrictive environment
vocational education
22. 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
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Bloom's taxonomy
23. 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.'
classroom management
mainstreaming
low-performance schools
curriculum
24. 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
accountability
General Educational Development (GED) exam
gender bias
criterion-referenced tests
25. 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
magnet schools
competency tests
Pygmalion effect
rubric
26. Standardized tests designed to measure how a student's performance compares with that of other students.
Head Start
norm-referenced tests
Brown vs. Board of Education
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
27. Use of an approach based on behavioral science to change a person's way of doing things
criterion-referenced tests
behavior modification
magnet schools
multicultural education
28. 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..
manipulatives
high-stakes tests
differentiated instruction
criterion-referenced tests
29. 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
classroom management
accountability
General Educational Development (GED) exam
30. 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
summative test
achievement gap
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
multiple intelligences
31. 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
Head Start
inclusion
benchmark
manipulatives
32. A standard for judging a performance..
teaching to the test
benchmark
problem-based learning
Annual tests
33. With a membership of nearly 6.5 million - National PTA (also known as Parent Teacher Association) is a nonprofit organization of parents - teachers - students - and others that encourages parental and public involvement in the schools - advocates for
PTA
school choice
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
inclusion
34. 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
whole language
English language learner (ELL)
Bloom's taxonomy
accountability
35. 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
teaching to the test
portfolio
Annual tests
tracking
36. Assigning students to classes based on their past achievement or presumed ability to learn (also known as homogenous grouping)
equity
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
ability grouping
outcomes
37. 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 -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
outcomes
mastery learning
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
38. 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
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
performance tasks
inclusion
39. 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
special education
portfolio
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
equity
40. 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
magnet schools
teaching to the test
standards
performance tasks
41. 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
failing schools
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
equity
magnet schools
42. 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 -
gender bias
mainstreaming
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
mastery learning
43. 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.
criterion-referenced tests
IQ
looping
alignment
44. 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
equity
vocational education
learning styles
45. The case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 in which racial segregation in public schools was held to be unconstitutional.
General Educational Development (GED) exam
outcomes
Brown vs. Board of Education
least restrictive environment
46. 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
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
special-needs students
charter school
Pygmalion effect
47. 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.
standards
alternative schools
high-stakes tests
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
48. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
reliability
competency tests
manipulatives
tracking
49. Use of assessment strategies - such as performance assessment - constructed response items - and portfolios - to replace or supplement assessment by machine-scored multiple-choice tests.
mainstreaming
learning styles
alternative assessment
equity
50. 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.
vocational education
Annual tests
least restrictive environment
low-performance schools