In the book,
Mrs. Wortham talks about some of the concerns with assessing young
children. One of them is making sure that
they are assessed one on one. This is
difficult in the classroom setting if there are not enough teachers to do
this. One on one assessment is easier
for the child to stay focused. Another
concern with assessing young children is their short attention span. You have to make the assessment short, to the
point, and get them out of there quickly.
Finally, the last concern would be the willingness to respond to an
unknown examiner. Sometimes, when the
child is shy or not used to talking to strangers they will hesitate to answer
or even communicate with someone that they do not know.
I think the
most important thing to remember when choosing a standardized test is the
purpose of the test. You have to state a
rationale for the test, what you hope to measure, and then what you will do
with the results. I think as long as we
examine the test manual and it states the purpose of the test clearly, it will
be the right assessment for the student.
My first
question I had when reading this chapter was about the intelligence test. Do we just give this test when we think a
child might have a learning disability?
Or do we administer an intelligence test to everyone? My next question
was not really pertaining to the reading, it was just a question in general to
the standardized testing. I thought that
students under the third grade did not take standardized testing like the MAP
testing…. So, are these standardized tests different from the MAP test that
they start in the third grade? It seems
like all the standardized test are designed to help students with learning
disabilities, are there just regular test for students in the early grades
before third grade?
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