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DSST Educational Terms Vocab
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1. Assigning students to classes based on their past achievement or presumed ability to learn (also known as homogenous grouping)
teaching to the test
ability grouping
multiple intelligences
Annual tests
2. 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
low-performance schools
charter school
accountability
mastery learning
3. 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
behavior modification
English language learner (ELL)
special-needs students
standards
4. 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
IQ
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
whole language
5. Differences in the way students learn more readily.
Title I
data-based decision making
gender bias
learning styles
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
competency tests
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
accountability
Title I
7. 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:
PTA
tracking
standards
behavior modification
8. An informal term for assigning students to the same teacher for more than one school year.
English language learner (ELL)
mastery learning
tracking
looping
9. 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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10. 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
multicultural education
higher-order thinking
Bloom's taxonomy
alternative schools
11. An approach to curriculum and teaching that involves students in solution of real-life problems rather than conventional study of terms and information.
alternative assessment
high-stakes tests
problem-based learning
reliability
12. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
rubric
equity
holistic learning
competency tests
13. Tests created by a school district or state that students must pass before graduating
reliability
minimum competency tests
special-needs students
multicultural education
14. 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
performance tasks
outcomes
tracking
Title I
15. 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
Brown vs. Board of Education
performance tasks
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Title I
16. 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
multiple intelligences
high-stakes tests
Brown vs. Board of Education
teaching to the test
17. Use of assessment strategies - such as performance assessment - constructed response items - and portfolios - to replace or supplement assessment by machine-scored multiple-choice tests.
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
gender bias
alternative assessment
competency tests
18. 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.
alignment
cultural literacy
benchmark
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students
19. 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.
low-performance schools
mastery learning
English language learner (ELL)
criterion-referenced tests
20. Activities - exercises - or problems that require students to show what they can do.
multiple intelligences
special education
performance tasks
General Educational Development (GED) exam
21. The idea that families should have more than one alternative when enrolling their children in school.
portfolio
mastery learning
school choice
cultural literacy
22. 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
Pygmalion effect
achievement gap
school choice
performance tasks
23. 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
differentiated instruction
charter school
accountability
English language learner (ELL)
24. 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
special education
whole language
charter school
accountability
25. 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
summative test
achievement gap
ability grouping
data-based decision making
26. 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
special education
low-performance schools
achievement gap
alternative assessment
27. 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
ability grouping
high-stakes tests
problem-based learning
28. 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
ability grouping
Brown vs. Board of Education
vocational education
outcomes
29. Standardized tests designed to measure how a student's performance compares with that of other students.
teaching to the test
outcomes
norm-referenced tests
differentiated instruction
30. A certificate issued to parents that can be used as full or partial payment of tuition for any nonpublic school.
special-needs students
voucher
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
portfolio
31. A phrase used in the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) to describe the type of setting schools should provide for students with disabilities.
vocational education
classroom management
least restrictive environment
low-performance schools
32. 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
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
school choice
assessment
norm-referenced tests
33. Although this term has many possible meanings - it usually refers to a written plan outlining what students will be taught (a course of study).
outcomes
curriculum
gender bias
manipulatives
34. Intended results of schooling: What students are supposed to know and be able to do.
multicultural education
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
data-based decision making
outcomes
35. 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
teaching to the test
alternative schools
charter school
English language learner (ELL)
36. 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
curriculum
equity
learning styles
achievement gap
37. The case heard by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 in which racial segregation in public schools was held to be unconstitutional.
least restrictive environment
looping
accountability
Brown vs. Board of Education
38. 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
classroom management
high-stakes tests
Title I
alternative assessment
39. 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..
minimum competency tests
English language learner (ELL)
criterion-referenced tests
curriculum
40. 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
holistic learning
multiple intelligences
PTA
data-based decision making
41. 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 -
equity
charter school
portfolio
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
42. 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
Brown vs. Board of Education
special education
gender bias
Head Start
43. 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
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
vocational education
gender bias
benchmark
44. Intelligence quotient
assessment
IQ
data-based decision making
cultural literacy
45. 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
rubric
teaching to the test
equity
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
46. 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 -
manipulatives
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
criterion-referenced tests
data-based decision making
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).
gender bias
performance tasks
competency tests
reliability
48. 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
multicultural education
General Educational Development (GED) exam
voucher
49. 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
differentiated instruction
whole language
looping
Annual tests
50. A standard for judging a performance..
benchmark
at-risk students
hidden curriculum (latent curriculum)
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students