Exam 12: How Are Tests Used in Educational Settings

Who is most likely to use psychological tests in an educational setting to make program and curriculum decisions?

Explain why educational professionals are test users and why it is so important for most educators to follow professional practice standards. Include discussion of when it might be difficult to follow all professional practice standards.

What type of tests allows us to say things like "Salina learned 80% of the material she must know to demonstrate proficiency in math?"

What are tests we use to determine whether students have mastered the learning objectives for a course and to determine what grade each student has earned?

When is it appropriate for teachers and professors to use summative assessments?

Which one of the following is TRUE about traditional assessments?

What type of tests allows us to say things like "John scored better than or equal to 40% of college-bound seniors?"

When do teachers and professors use formative assessments?

According to your textbook, which one of the following would be least likely to have scoring key or scoring guidelines?

Whereas ______ tests measure broad knowledge and skills that come from academic textbooks and teacher syllabi and that are based on the judgments of curriculum subject matter experts, ______ tests measure narrow knowledge and skills taught in a specific educational curriculum or unit of instruction as defined by specific instructional objectives.

According to your textbook, what popular assessment tool is used as an alternative for making admission selection decisions and evaluating performance and potential?

Twyla's score report for the SAT included an interpretation of her performance using percentiles. Which one of the following types of tests did she take?

If we use a test to determine what information students are and are not learning during the instructional process, we are conducting a ______.

Professor Washington asks the students in his class to take a short quiz at the end of every 2-week period during the semester. He assures the students that the quiz results are for him to better understand what they are and are not learning--not for grading purposes. He is using the test results as what type of assessment?

What type of decisions are classroom teachers in educational settings making when they use the results of psychological tests to understand student strengths and difficulties?

What type of decisions are specialists in educational settings making when they use the results of psychological tests to ensure students are registered for the most appropriate math course?

Which one of the following is TRUE about authentic assessment?

Another term we could use for the norm group is the ______.

What are criterion-referenced tests?

Mariana takes a test 4 times a year to understand the learning objectives she has mastered. Which one of the following types of tests is Mariana taking?