Assessment and Differentiated Instruction Flashcards
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Which assessment practice violates best principles for evaluating English Language Learners in a reading class?
Answer: Scoring ELL students only on grade-level English conventions
Scoring ELLs solely on grade-level English conventions conflates language acquisition with content understanding, producing an inaccurate picture of their knowledge.
A teacher wants to differentiate by product. Which example correctly illustrates this approach?
Answer: Students all read the same text but may demonstrate understanding through an essay, podcast, or visual display
Differentiating by product allows students to show mastery through varied modes of expression while meeting the same standard.
Portfolio assessment in ELAR is MOST valuable because it:
Answer: Documents growth over time through a curated collection of student work
Portfolios capture longitudinal growth by collecting authentic student work samples across a period of time.
During a read-aloud, a teacher pauses and asks, 'What do you predict will happen next, and why?' This question serves PRIMARILY as:
Answer: An informal formative assessment of inferential thinking
Prediction questions during reading serve as informal formative checks that reveal students' inferential reasoning in the moment.
A student identified as a struggling reader performs well on oral retellings but poorly on written comprehension tests. The MOST appropriate response is to:
Answer: Investigate whether a writing or language-production barrier is masking reading comprehension
A discrepancy between oral and written performance signals that a production barrier—not reading comprehension—may be the real issue.
Which statement BEST describes criterion-referenced assessment?
Answer: It measures student performance against a fixed set of learning standards or criteria
Criterion-referenced assessments measure whether a student has met specific standards, not how they compare to other students.
A teacher creates three versions of a graphic organizer—one with sentence starters, one partially completed, and one blank—for the same writing task. This is an example of differentiating by:
Answer: Process
Providing varied levels of scaffolding for the same task differentiates process—the way students work through the learning.