Question 1

Which of the following tests tend to have the weakest reliability and validity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Survey battery achievement tests 
B)  Diagnostic tests 
C)  Readiness tests 
D)  K-12 cognitive ability tests 
E)  College placement and graduate school cognitive ability tests 
A)  Survey battery achievement tests 
B)  Diagnostic tests 
C)  Readiness tests 
D)  K-12 cognitive ability tests 
E)  College placement and graduate school cognitive ability tests C

Question 2

Match the test with the test content area.
-The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test − Second Edition (WIAT-II)

Accepted Answer

A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability 
A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability B

Question 3

Match the test with the test content area.
-Gesell

Accepted Answer

A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability 
A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability C

Question 4

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated.
-Useful in making predictions about the future.

Accepted Answer

A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test 
A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B)  The Woodcock Johnson III 
C)  The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test − Third Edition (WIAT-III) 
D)  The Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
E)  All of these are diagnostic tests. 
A)  The Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B)  The Woodcock Johnson III 
C)  The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test − Third Edition (WIAT-III) 
D)  The Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
E)  All of these are diagnostic tests.

Question 6

A school counselor decides to examine all students' cognitive ability and achievement test scores in her school by using the CogAT and the Stanford Achievement Test. She then identifies all students who have significantly higher cognitive ability than achievement scores. Which of the following is NOT likely a source of these differences?

Accepted Answer

A)  Learning disabilities 
B)  Problems at home 
C)  Problems at school 
D)  Motivational problems 
E)  Poor reliability and validity of the instruments 
A)  Learning disabilities 
B)  Problems at home 
C)  Problems at school 
D)  Motivational problems 
E)  Poor reliability and validity of the instruments

Question 7

The Stanford Achievement Test is one of the oldest survey battery achievement tests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Diagnostic tests (like the WRAT4) can be considered a type of intelligence tests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the test with the test content area.
-The MCAT

Accepted Answer

A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability 
A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability

Question 10

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated.
-Assesses whether a student is ready to move on to next level in school.

Accepted Answer

A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test 
A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test

Question 11

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated.
-Provides academic screening in a wide range of content areas.

Accepted Answer

A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test 
A) Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) 
B) KeyMath-3 
C) Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
D) Metropolitan Readiness Test 
E) Gesell Readiness Test
F)Kindergarten Readiness Test

Question 12

Which of the following is legally NOT allowed to sit on a school's special education team?

Accepted Answer

A)  School counselors 
B)  School psychologists 
C)  Learning disability specialists 
D)  School social workers 
E)  All of these can sit on a school's special education team. 
A)  School counselors 
B)  School psychologists 
C)  Learning disability specialists 
D)  School social workers 
E)  All of these can sit on a school's special education team.

Question 13

Which standard score is NOT accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  WRAT: Mean of 100, SD of 15 (other standard scores are also available) 
B)  Cognitive Ability Test: Mean of 100, SD of 16 (other standard scores are also available) 
C)  ACT: Mean of 18, SD of 5 for "average" high school students 
D)  SAT: Mean of 500, SD of 100 
E)  MCAT: Mean of 50, SD of 10 
A)  WRAT: Mean of 100, SD of 15 (other standard scores are also available) 
B)  Cognitive Ability Test: Mean of 100, SD of 16 (other standard scores are also available) 
C)  ACT: Mean of 18, SD of 5 for "average" high school students 
D)  SAT: Mean of 500, SD of 100 
E)  MCAT: Mean of 50, SD of 10

Question 14

Match the test with the test content area.
-The Cognitive Ability Test

Accepted Answer

A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability 
A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability

Question 15

Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities through assessing one's capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?"

Accepted Answer

A)  The SAT 
B)  The ACT 
C)  The GRE 
D)  The MAT 
E)  The MCAT 
A)  The SAT 
B)  The ACT 
C)  The GRE 
D)  The MAT 
E)  The MCAT

Question 16

Surprisingly, predictions of how a student will do in college decreases if you combine the use of the SATs with GPA as compared to using the SATs alone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Based on the text, which of the following survey battery achievement tests does NOT include grades 9 through 12 and does NOT have open-ended items?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stanford Achievement Test 
B)  Iowa Test of Basic Skills 
C)  Metropolitan Achievement Test 
D)  Peabody Individual Achievement Test 
A)  Stanford Achievement Test 
B)  Iowa Test of Basic Skills 
C)  Metropolitan Achievement Test 
D)  Peabody Individual Achievement Test

Question 18

Match the test with the test content area.
-The SATs

Accepted Answer

A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability 
A) Survey Battery 
B) Diagnostic 
C) Readiness 
D) Cognitive Ability

Question 19

Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

State achievement testing to measure success toward the benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind Act has placed pressure on school systems to show that all of their students can excel on cognitive ability tests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following tests tend to have the weakest reliability and validity?

Match the test with the test content area. -The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test − Second Edition (WIAT-II)

Match the test with the test content area. -Gesell

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Useful in making predictions about the future.

Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test?

The Stanford Achievement Test is one of the oldest survey battery achievement tests.

Diagnostic tests (like the WRAT4) can be considered a type of intelligence tests.

Match the test with the test content area. -The MCAT

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Assesses whether a student is ready to move on to next level in school.

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Provides academic screening in a wide range of content areas.

Which of the following is legally NOT allowed to sit on a school's special education team?

Which standard score is NOT accurate?

Match the test with the test content area. -The Cognitive Ability Test

Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities through assessing one's capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?"

Surprisingly, predictions of how a student will do in college decreases if you combine the use of the SATs with GPA as compared to using the SATs alone.

Based on the text, which of the following survey battery achievement tests does NOT include grades 9 through 12 and does NOT have open-ended items?

Match the test with the test content area. -The SATs

Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.

State achievement testing to measure success toward the benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind Act has placed pressure on school systems to show that all of their students can excel on cognitive ability tests.

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report

Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Crosscultural Fairness, and Practicality

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

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Exam 8: Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests

Which of the following tests tend to have the weakest reliability and validity?

Match the test with the test content area. -The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test − Second Edition (WIAT-II)

Match the test with the test content area. -Gesell

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Useful in making predictions about the future.

Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test?

The Stanford Achievement Test is one of the oldest survey battery achievement tests.

Diagnostic tests (like the WRAT4) can be considered a type of intelligence tests.

Match the test with the test content area. -The MCAT

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Assesses whether a student is ready to move on to next level in school.

Match the diagnostic or readiness test with the statement with which it is most associated. -Provides academic screening in a wide range of content areas.

Which of the following is legally NOT allowed to sit on a school's special education team?

Which standard score is NOT accurate?

Match the test with the test content area. -The Cognitive Ability Test

Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities through assessing one's capability to find relationships between ideas, general knowledge, and word fluency?"

Surprisingly, predictions of how a student will do in college decreases if you combine the use of the SATs with GPA as compared to using the SATs alone.

Based on the text, which of the following survey battery achievement tests does NOT include grades 9 through 12 and does NOT have open-ended items?

Match the test with the test content area. -The SATs

Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.

State achievement testing to measure success toward the benchmarks of the No Child Left Behind Act has placed pressure on school systems to show that all of their students can excel on cognitive ability tests.

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report

Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Crosscultural Fairness, and Practicality

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

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