| Baseline data | Date collected prior to a change in an intervention program.
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| Criterion-referenced curriculum-based assessment | A criterion-referenced test using the content of the student's curriculum as the basis for items.
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| Criterion-referenced tests | Tests frequently developed by teachers to determine a student's mastery of content.
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| Curriculum-based assessment | The use of instruments designed to measure the expected curricular outcomes for a student.
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| Curriculum-based measurement | A formal type of curriculum-based assessment that used standard methodology.
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| Full inclusion | The philosophy that all students with disabilities receive all of their instruction in the general education classroom regardless of their level of type of disability.
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| High-stakes assessment | Large-scale assessment in which important decisions such as retention and graduation are made.
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| Norm-referenced tests | Tests that are usually standardized and provide an indication of how much a student knows in comparison to others.
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| Partial inclusion | The philosophy that suggests that students with disabilities should receive most of their instruction in the general classroom but also be taught in other instructional settings when appropriate.
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| Prereferral assessment | Gathering information, usually informally, before a referral is made.
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| Prereferral intervention | A program designed from the prereferral assessment information, that is implemented before a formal referral is made.
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| Regular Education Initiative | A movement that supported the education of all students with special needs without the need for labels through the collaboration of general and special education teachers.
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| Task analysis | The identification of a sequential list of objectives within a skill area.
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| Think-aloud procedure | A diagnostic procedure that allows the student to talk his or her way through the solution of a problem so the teacher can determine the incorrect procedures that are being used.
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