Question 1 Is the following statement true or false? Only those individuals with

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Question 1

Is the following statement true or false? Only those individuals with specialized training (i.e., school psychologists) are permitted to administer standardized assessments on children, adults, or adolescents.

True

False

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Question 2

What are the three main types of validity?

Content validity, alternate-forms validity, and test-retest validity

Content validity, criterion validity, and construct validity

Item validity, inter-rater validity, and test-retest validity

Test-retest validity, alternate-forms validity, and construct validity

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Question 3

Among School Psychologists, the most commonly used assessment measures are:

Mental Health Screenings

Measures of Intellectual Ability (IQ)

Behavioral Rating Scales

Projective Tests

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Question 4

What are the major components that should be included when conducting a comprehensive psychoeducational assessment?

Referral reason and background, testing (intellectual assessment, assessment of academic skills, assessment of social-emotional & behavioral functioning), behavioral observations, interviews, and recommendations

Assessment only (intellectual assessment, assessment of academic skills, assessment of social-emotional & behavioral functioning)

The school psychologist's personal feelings/judgments about the family or child

Teacher’s opinions of the child and their recommendations related to whether they feel as though the child would benefit from services.

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Question 5

School Psychologists spend the majority of their time engaged in:

Counseling

Intervention

Assessment and testing

Consultation with teachers and parents

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Question 6

Why are psychoeducational assessments important?

To help identify areas of weakness in a teacher’s teaching style.

To help inform parents where they may need to improve on their parenting skills.

To get a better understanding of the child as a whole (i.e., cognitive functioning, social-emotional functioning, adaptive-functioning skills, etc…), which identifies students who may be in need of additional services and supports.

For the fun of doing them.

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Question 7

Please identify which factors should be considered when giving an assessment, that might influence the results of the assessment?

Child Characteristics (i.e., if the child is hungry or not, if the child is tired or not, the child’s mood)

Whether you (as the school psychologist) has the child’s full-undivided attention

Examiner Characteristics (i.e., if the examiner makes an error in testing, if the examiner has been adequately trained to give the assessment)

All of the above

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Question 8

Interviews, observations, behavioral ratings scales, and self-report measures are commonly used to gather information about:

Academic Achievement

A mental Health Diagnosis

A student’s social, emotional & behavioral functioning

Intellectual Ability

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Question 9

Measures of Academic Skills (i.e., the WJ-Achievemet, the WIAT, the K-TEA) are intended to measure:

A student’s responsiveness to the curriculum

A student’s current academic performance

A student’s social, emotional & behavioral functioning

A student’s general intellectual ability

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Question 10

The use of Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs), as alternatives to standardized, norm-referenced achievement testing is rapidly growing. These measures are designed to be:

More comprehensive than traditional standardized, norm referenced achievement tests

More time efficient than traditional standardized, norm referenced achievement tests

More valid and reliable than traditional standardized, norm referenced achievement tests

All of the Above

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Content validity, alternate-forms validity, and test-retest validity

Content validity, criterion validity, and construct validity

Item validity, inter-rater validity, and test-retest validity

Test-retest validity, alternate-forms validity, and construct validity

Explanation / Answer

Question 1

Answer : True

Question 2

Answer : Option B : Content, Construct, Criterion

Question 4

Answer : Option A

Question 5

Answer : Option B : Intervention

Question 6

Answer : Option C

Question 7

Answer : Option D : All the above

Question 8

Answer : Option C

Question 10

Answer : Option D : All the above

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