Exam 13: Standardized Testing

What was Stern's "intelligence quotient"?

Abilities developed over a period of years that predict success in particular areas of endeavor, such as music, writing, or reading.

The most frequent value of an ordered set of values.

Which of the following is NOT a group test of intelligence?

Norm-referenced tests compare each test taker's scores with the performance of all the test takers.

How is predictive validity usually expressed?

Mickie is taking an intelligence test that offers an overall score, as well as subscores. She will receive scores on 15 subtests in all, 6 of which are given at all age levels. Which intelligence test is she taking?

The proportion of other students' scores that equal or fall below a given student's score multiplied by 100.

The probability that a person's true score falls within a certain range of the observed score.

Typically the number of items correctly answered.

In a random sample, the test constructors make sure they proportionately take into account, in the group on which they try out the test, all of the characteristics that might be relevant to the scores that people receive.

Mr. Jones gives his students a test, dividing the test questions in half and comparing the two halves of the test. We could say Mr. Jones is measuring which of the following?

Over __________ states require standardized tests as part of their annual assessment of students.

Miss Taynor gives her class a test repeatedly, and they continue to get the same score. We could say that Miss Taynor's test is:

Which of the following is NOT discussed as one of the uses of standardized testing in the U.S.?

The Test Makers Group constructed a new test in which the balance of relevant attributes in the sample is the same as that in the population. What kind of sample do the Test Makers Group have?

The hypothetical score someone would get if he or she took a test an infinite number of times with no practice effects in taking the test.

Readiness tests measure the extent to which a student is prepared to learn something, such as reading, or the extent to which a child is ready for a grade placement, such as entering first grade.

The Test Makers Group is constructing a new test to be standardized. They have decided to draw their sample where they proportionately take into account, in the group on which they try out the test, all of the characteristics that might be relevant to the scores that people receive. What kind of sample is Test Makers Group using?

This measure of central tendency takes into account all the information about the values in a sample. It is also very affected by extreme values.