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Which of the following best demonstrates the concept of measurement?

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Anna scored in the 96th percentile on a math aptitude test.

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Which of the following best represents an evaluation?

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Katrina earned an A in algebra.

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All of the following examples illustrate measurement except

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Thomas received a smiley face on his spelling quiz.

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Victoria was presented with an award for being the most congenial student in her school. This is an example of

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evaluation.

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A cumulative final exam at the end of a college course would be best categorized as an example of a _______________ assessment.

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summative

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If you decided to give many homework assignments in order to determine student progress, but did not count them toward a final grade, you would be using

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formative assessment.

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Summative assessment is synonymous with the phrase

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assessment of learning.

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Because Ms. Montoya has a very diverse fourth grade class in terms of learning skills and motivation, she decides to use an assessment for learning approach to assessment. Which of the following best reflects that approach?

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Assess what students have learned every day with a variety of brief assessments.

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A minimum competency exam at the end of high school would be best categorized as an example of a _______________ assessment.

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summative

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If Ms. Choi, a third-grade teacher, decides to engage in formative assessment, she should

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give tests periodically to find out how well students are progressing.

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Which of the following phrases best reflects the concept of assessment of learning?

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All of these answers.

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Mr. Bringas is a seventh-grade English teacher. He wants to make sure that his students understand and know how to use the writing skills that he has been explaining and illustrating, so he gives them a short in-class writing assignment every day. He then uses the results to decide if he needs to reteach a particular topic or move on to a new one. The assessment approach Mr. Bringas is using is best captured by which of the following phrases:

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assessment for learning

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If a colleague said that her approach to classroom assessment was reflected by the phrase "assessment as learning," what would she mean?

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Students learn what they have and have not learned and she learns how successful her teaching was.

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The phrase assessment as learning means

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students learn what they have and have not learned and teachers learn how successful their teaching was.

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If you wanted to know how well students have learned various concepts and terms that they have recently covered in history class, you could give them a(n)

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Any of these tests.

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Selected-response tests do all but which of the following?

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allow instructors to assess what students can do with what they've learned

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Mrs. Ely needs to find out how well her students have learned several concepts and terms that she has recently taught them in science class. She can do this most efficiently by

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giving her class a written test.

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Which of the following is not an advantage of using selected-response tests

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They encourage meaningful learning.

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Which of the following is an advantage of short-answer tests?

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They require students to recall information.

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Well-designed essay questions require students to

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recall, organize, and clearly communicate what they have learned.

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Which of the following does not pertain to short-answer questions?

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They require recognition rather than recall.

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Preparing a general outline of an acceptable response is a necessary part of

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essay tests.

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Which of the following does not fall within the domain of performance tests?

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Students sit for the SAT exam in hopes of gaining entrance to a college or university.

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Mrs. DuBose wants to know how well her students can independently create a color wheel. This type of knowledge would be best measured by a(n) _______________ test.

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performance

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Which of the following is a characteristic of performance tests

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They may vary in how true to life they are.

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One of the main characteristics of performance tests is that they

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can be administered and scored about as efficiently as written tests.

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Teachers should use scoring rubrics when assessing performance tasks for all but which of the following reasons?

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They help produce a distribution of scores that approximates a normal curve.

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When scoring performance tests, teachers should use scoring rubrics because

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All of these answers.

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Despite the advantages of performance assessments, they pose several challenges for teachers. Which of the following is one of those challenges

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They may not be seen as appropriate for high-stakes testing purposes.

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Which of the following aspects of performance testing is a challenge for teachers to overcome?

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They may be used less frequently because of the popularity of standardized tests in assessing students' mastery of state standards.

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Questions of reliability and validity are of concern in the use of

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performance tests.

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A teacher who announces that only 10 percent of the class will be able to earn A's for the course is indicating his or her intention to use

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norm-referenced evaluation.

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Which of the following is a growing concern about performance tests?

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Their reliability and validity have not been well established.

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Which of the following is a norm-referenced approach to grading?

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Compare the score of each student to the scores of other students.

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Norm-referenced grading

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is based on the absence of external criteria.

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Norm-referenced grading can be used for all of the following purposes except

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determining which students have achieved specific objectives.

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When external criteria are not available, ______________________ is used.

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norm-referenced grading

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One advantage of norm-referenced grading is that

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it can be used to assess advanced levels of learning.

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Which of the following instructional objectives is best suited to criterion-referenced evaluations rather than norm-referenced evaluations?

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Determine how well students have learned specific terminology.

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Which of the following objectives would be better evaluated using criterion-referenced grading rather than norm-referenced grading?

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Assess how well students have mastered English grammar.

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Which of the following reflects a decided advantage of criterion-referenced grading over norm-referenced grading?

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It provides information about individual strengths and weaknesses.

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If you decide to use a mastery approach (by following procedures recommended in the text), you would do all of the following except

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assign grades by comparing students' scores to one another.

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To encourage his students to thoroughly learn the material and be critical thinkers, Mr. Montoni writes most of his test questions to be more difficult than the ones he assigns for homework and that they discuss in class. This is an

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acceptable testing practice because it will motivate students to study more than they otherwise would.

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Which of the following is an appropriate testing and grading practice?

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Avoid giving zeros for otherwise good work that is late or incomplete.

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Saleem is working on a long-term project for his geometry class. He is investigating the use of geometry in architecture across time and different cultures. He uses the classroom computer to research his topic. Additionally, he is composing, illustrating, and storing his presentation on the computer. He plans to use the computer's Powerpoint presentation program when he shows his project to the class. What advantage does this type of project have for assessing students' learning?

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It lets students to demonstrate what they have learned in a variety or ways.

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Which of the following is an advantage of technology-based performance assessment?

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It lets students to demonstrate what they have learned in a variety or ways.

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As the use of technology to create portfolios and presentations becomes more common among students, teachers will need to

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create special rubrics to assess student skills and learning in an electronic environment.

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When planning to write a test, it is important to remember that your test must include

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a representative sample of the instructional content to keep the test from being too long.

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Striving to include a representative sample of the material covered in class is of great importance when writing exams. Which of the reasons below best indicates why this is so?

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An exam covering every detail and fact would most likely be too long.

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Creating a table of specifications is one way to

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determine whether a test adequately covers both the learning material and the teacher's objectives.

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In order to increase the likelihood that you will get an adequate sample of instructional content and student achievement when you devise tests, you are urged to

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create a table of specifications.

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Current research, as discussed in the test, suggests that teachers of elementary grade students should use

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diagnostic, formative, and summative evaluations, depending on the purpose of the assessment.

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Current research suggests that teachers of elementary grade students should use

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diagnostic, formative, and summative evaluations, depending on the purpose of the assessment.

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If you wanted to evaluate systematically and accurately how well students perform a dance routine, it would be most effective to use

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a rating scale.

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Which of the following would be most likely to lead to accurate and systematic evaluations of student performances in a gymnastics class?

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a checklist completed by the teacher while observing students perform

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Item analysis techniques can be used to determine

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whether items should be omitted, rewritten, or remain unchanged.

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One way to determine whether questions should be omitted, rewritten, or remain unchanged is through the use of

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item-analysis techniques.

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