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PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) is a set of ideas and tools used in schools to enhance academic and social outcomes for all students. It involves data-based decision making, evidence-based practices, and a continuum of support across three tiers: universal, secondary, and tertiary.
Summative assessment usually involves students receiving a grade that indicates their level of performance. Grading systems can include a percentage, pass/fail, or some other form of scale grade. Summative assessments are weighed more than formative assessments. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high ...
Educational assessment is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data on student learning outcomes. It can be divided into placement, formative, summative and diagnostic categories, and can be objective or subjective, informal or formal.
Positive behavior support (PBS) is a strategy to improve quality of life and reduce challenging behaviors using functional analysis and intervention. PBS is used in schools, homes, and other settings to teach skills, change environments, and prevent problems.
Holistic grading is an approach to scoring essays based on their overall quality, not on separate parts or criteria. Learn about the four kinds of holistic scoring, their reliability and validity, and their origins and applications.
The BRIEF was developed in 2000 to address limitations of available assessments in examining real-world expressions of behaviors related to executive function; the scale was normed on data from 1419 parents (815 girls and 604 boys) and 720 teachers (403 girls and 317 boys) from a representative distribution of socioeconomic statuses. [1]
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Learn about the types, purposes, and origins of standardized tests, and how they differ from non-standardized tests.
ABA is a scientific discipline that applies the principles of learning based upon respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior of social significance. ABA is the applied form of behavior analysis; the other two are radical behaviorism and the experimental analysis of behavior.