The awareness of the position of one’s own body through communication between receptors in the muscles, tendons and joints and the nervous system.

The identification of a child’s antecedents, behaviors and consequences (ABCs) for specific behavior indicators through observation on multiple occasions and across a variety of situations.

The events in a student’s past that may get in the way of his or her development and learning.

A method for measuring a student’s developmental skills across a broad range of topics. This can include assessing whether anti-social behavior exhibited by the student warrants further evaluation and intervention.

The use of emotional relationships between an adult and child in teaching situations or guidance.

An individual’s biases and beliefs about the process of receiving information through the sense of hearing.

Processing language and other sounds through the sense of hearing and decoding the sounds to make meaning of them.

A teaching approach that involves thinking critically about different perspectives, questioning established methodologies, and trying new practices based on emerging understanding.

Scoring in which a single score is provided based on the rubric for an answer or project. Holistic scoring does not provide the detailed level of diagnostic information that analytic scoring does, but it can be easier to design this type of rubric and grade assignments using this method.

An assessment tool for grading student work that breaks down the components on which an answer or project will be graded as well as outlining the levels of achievement.