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1. If the assessment procedure is appropriate for the age, grade, and ability level of the student, then its technical quality is not a consideration.

false

2. Trained professionals must be available to administer, score, and interpret the assessment.

true

3. Assessment devices must be selected and administered so they are not racially or culturally discriminatory. true

4. The regulations for IDEA 2004 provide a recommended list of tests and other procedures for use in special education assessment. true

5. Results of informal measures such as inventories are often expressed as frequency counts (for example, the number of items the student answers correctly). true

6. Age and grade equivalents are useful scores because they are easy to understand and are rarely misinterpreted.

false

7. Percentile ranks are comparative scores that allow the student's performance to be contrasted with the performance of same-age or grade peers in the norm group. true

8. When standard scores are based on a normal distribution, they are easily converted into percentile ranks, stanines, and other types of standard scores. true

9. The technical adequacy of an assessment tool refers to the skills of the assessor. true

10. Criterion-referenced tests compare a student's performance to the performance of other students of the same age or grade.

false