What is Formal Assessment?
Standardized tests which usually compare one student’s score to a group of other students are referred to as formal assessments. This type of assessment is used to collect information to determine the child’s level of academic achievement and other variables in comparison to the norm based on statistics.
Statistics allow you to measure how your child’s progress is in relation to others by using numbers. According to Wright, (2006) a normal distribution curve also known as bell curve is “a distribution of scores used to scale a test”. Normal distribution curve is a bell-shaped curve with most scores in the middle and a small number of scores at the low and high ends.
Statistics allow you to measure how your child’s progress is in relation to others by using numbers. According to Wright, (2006) a normal distribution curve also known as bell curve is “a distribution of scores used to scale a test”. Normal distribution curve is a bell-shaped curve with most scores in the middle and a small number of scores at the low and high ends.
The following formal assessments will be covered in this section:
· Individual achievement tests
· Psycho-educational assessment and individual intelligence tests
· Adaptive behavior scales
· Behavior rating scales
· Speech/language assessment
· Individual achievement tests
· Psycho-educational assessment and individual intelligence tests
· Adaptive behavior scales
· Behavior rating scales
· Speech/language assessment