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- Scaled score
- A converted score used for ILTS pass/fail decisions; it is not the raw percentage correct, and each test has its own passing standard.
- Formative assessment
- Ongoing checks during instruction used to adjust teaching; it is contrasted with summative assessment, which judges learning at the end of a unit.
- Grade-band appropriateness
- The principle that ILTS content-area items ask for instruction and materials matched to the developmental level named in the test, such as elementary versus secondary.
- Pedagogical content knowledge
- Knowledge of how to teach a specific subject, including common misconceptions, representations, and sequence, not just general teaching methods or subject facts alone.
- Constructed-response rubric
- A scoring guide for written ILTS answers that typically weighs content accuracy, use of evidence, organization, and instructional appropriateness rather than grammar alone.
- Endorsement alignment
- A passing content-area test supports the specific endorsement named in the test framework; it does not automatically add unrelated subject or grade-level endorsements.
- Interpretive communication
- Understanding spoken or written target-language text; world language tests assess this mode separately from interpersonal conversation and presentational speaking or writing.
- Interpersonal mode
- Two-way spontaneous communication in the target language, such as conversation; tests look for negotiation of meaning rather than memorized scripts.
- Presentational mode
- One-way communication for an audience, such as a speech or essay; raters consider organization, audience awareness, and language control.
- Products practices perspectives
- The three culture dimensions in world language standards: observable goods, customary behaviors, and underlying beliefs or values.
- Authentic materials
- Real-world target-language texts such as menus, news clips, or announcements; pedagogy items favor these over artificial textbook sentences.
- Target language proficiency
- The candidate's own ability to use the language, assessed separately from pedagogy; it includes oral and written performance in realistic tasks.
- Advanced Low
- A common world language certification proficiency target; it means connected discourse with narrating and describing in major time frames, with some errors.
- Text type
- The level of discourse a speaker or writer can sustain, such as words, sentences, or connected paragraphs; it strongly influences proficiency ratings.
- Comprehensibility
- How well a listener or reader understands a target-language response; raters weigh it alongside grammar and vocabulary when scoring performance.
- Spontaneous response
- An unrehearsed answer produced in real time; proficiency tests use it because memorized scripts do not show functional language ability.
- FAPE
- Free appropriate public education under IDEA; special education and related services are provided at public expense and meet state standards.
- Least restrictive environment
- The IDEA requirement to educate students with disabilities alongside peers without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate.
- IEP team
- The group that develops a student's individualized education program; it includes parents, educators, a district representative, and others as required by IDEA.
- Accommodation
- A change that lets a student access instruction or assessment without changing learning expectations, such as extended time or preferential seating.
- Modification
- A change to what a student is expected to learn or demonstrate, such as reduced content or alternate standards, unlike an accommodation.
- Functional behavioral assessment
- A process to identify what triggers and maintains a problem behavior; it informs a behavior intervention plan when behavior impedes learning.
- Informed consent
- Agreement to services or evaluation after receiving understandable information about purpose, risks, benefits, and alternatives; required before many school psychological services.
- Mandated reporting
- The legal duty of school personnel to report suspected child abuse or neglect to the designated state authority, usually within a set time.
- Confidentiality
- The ethical and legal duty to protect student records and disclosures, sharing information only with those who have legitimate educational need.
- Related services
- Supportive services such as speech-language therapy, counseling, or occupational therapy that help a student with a disability access FAPE.
- Standard score
- A score expressing performance relative to a normative group, often with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 15; avoid interpreting one score alone.
- School improvement plan
- A data-driven plan for raising student achievement; administrator tests expect alignment among goals, strategies, resources, monitoring, and professional development.
- Instructional leadership
- Administrator practice focused on improving teaching and learning through vision, data use, feedback, and supportive professional learning.
- Illinois School Code
- State statutes governing Illinois public schools; administrator items test how codes and state board rules apply to real school decisions.
- Chief School Business Official
- An Illinois administrative endorsement focused on district finance, budgeting, accounting, facilities, and business operations.
- FLEX series
- A group of ILTS assessments whose content varies by field; candidates should confirm the exact test framework and required subtests for their endorsement.