Exam 12: Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

Which of the following is NOT true relative to the practicality of informal assessment techniques?

During a role play between students and faculty in which the student acts as a counselor, other faculty look on and the audience faculty later make a hierarchical list of students from "best to worst" based on how they responded in the role-play. Which technique is being employed?

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Rank order

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Graphic (Likert-type)

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Sociometric technique

Interrater reliability measures the agreement or consistency among two or more evaluators observing a behavior or phenomenon.

After sharing information about one's family in a graduate class on family systems, the instructor asks each student to write down on a piece of paper the student with whom they most identify. The instructor then maps out the responses on the board. The instructor is using which of the following techniques?

A type of observation in which an individual is observed for a predetermined amount of time is called (e.g., 10 minutes observing a classroom, three times during the day):

Which of the following is NOT true about portfolio assessments?

This kind of rating scale provides a series of statements the respondent can categorize and arrange from high to low based on his or her preferences.

Because we tend to identify with the individuals we are rating, we sometimes rate them higher than we actually believe them to be. This concept is called:

A school psychologist is asked to observe the behaviors of a student. She is concerned that "inappropriate" has not been clearly defined, and if she will be the only individual observing this student, her analysis could be compromised. This concern is mostly related to which of the following?

Validity of informal assessment techniques has to do with how well the examiner is defining that which is being assessed.

Match the term with the description given. -This provides a detailed picture of the individual from birth to their current age and is often the by-product of a structured interview.

Which of the following is NOT true about performance-based assessment?

Generosity error is:

Despite the fact that informal assessment techniques are easily affected by bias, they still can offer much in the assessment process.

This kind of rating scale provides a statement followed by one ore more pairs of words that reflect opposing traits.

Match the informal assessment categories with their assessment instruments. -Behavior checklist

Environmental assessments minimize outside stimuli by containing the assessment to a controlled and clinical setting.