A Practical and Appropriate Solution to Not Using a Diagnostic

question 14

Multiple Choice

A practical and appropriate solution to not using a diagnostic math test for eligibility decisions is to

• A) use a screening measure.
• B) use the entire individually administered diagnostic test for eligibility decisions
• C) administer individually a subtest from one of the better group-administered achievement tests
• D) forgo testing of specific strengths and weaknesses if you have normative standing data

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Definitions:

Logical Errors

Faulty reasoning patterns or mistaken beliefs that often result from cognitive biases or limitations.

Conclusions

Statements or judgments that are arrived at by reasoning from evidence or facts.

Experiment

A research method involving the manipulation of one or more independent variables to determine their effect on a dependent variable, within a controlled environment.

Control Group

A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested groups do.