Question 1

The extent to which different parts of an assessment are measuring the same thing is called:

Accepted Answer

A) standardization 
B) content validity 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) item discrimination 
A) standardization 
B) content validity 
C) internal consistency reliability 
D) item discrimination

Question 2

Classroom assessments not only measure students' learning, they also affect students' learning.Describe three different ways in which they might do so.

Accepted Answer

The response should present and explain

Question 3

Imagine that you are the principal at a Canadian school in a disadvantaged area and your school board has just announced that they will be evaluating your performance based on how well the students in your school achieve on large-scale test of abilities.Write a response to this initiative and include: a definition of high-stakes testing and accountability, three problems with high-stakes testing, and three ways to address these problems.

Accepted Answer

High-stakes testing: using students' per

Question 4

The publisher of a standardized test of reading comprehension gives the test to the same group of students on two different occasions.The publisher computes the correlation coefficient between the two sets of scores and obtains a coefficient of .93.Teachers who read this information in the test manual should conclude that the test has:

Accepted Answer

A) high validity. 
B) low validity. 
C) high reliability. 
D) low reliability. 
A) high validity. 
B) low validity. 
C) high reliability. 
D) low reliability.

Question 5

The standard deviation indicates the __________of a set of scores.

Accepted Answer

A) variability. 
B) reliability. 
C) flexibility. 
D) average. 
A) variability. 
B) reliability. 
C) flexibility. 
D) average.

Question 6

Which one of the following test items is most likely to have cultural bias?

Accepted Answer

A) How are a puppy and a kitten alike? 
B) Croquet is to mallet as racquetball is to _____. 
C) What is the next number in the following series? 5 8 11 14 __ 
D) What is missing in this picture of a person's foot? 
A) How are a puppy and a kitten alike? 
B) Croquet is to mallet as racquetball is to _____. 
C) What is the next number in the following series? 5 8 11 14 __ 
D) What is missing in this picture of a person's foot?

Question 7

Which one of the following paper-pencil assessments is most likely to have a reliability problem when the teacher scores students' responses?

Accepted Answer

A) Ms.Gibbons asks students to describe the "first Thanksgiving" in one or two pages. 
B) Mr.Hammond gives 50 true-false questions about the geography of Russia. 
C) Ms.Saunders administers a 30-item multiple-choice test about invertebrates. 
D) Mr.Siebert gives a 10-word spelling test. 
A) Ms.Gibbons asks students to describe the "first Thanksgiving" in one or two pages. 
B) Mr.Hammond gives 50 true-false questions about the geography of Russia. 
C) Ms.Saunders administers a 30-item multiple-choice test about invertebrates. 
D) Mr.Siebert gives a 10-word spelling test.

Question 8

Which one of the following teachers provides the best example of the halo effect?

Accepted Answer

A) Mr.Gregg likes Frank better than Mark because Frank is the more polite of the two students. 
B) Ms.Noonan always gives her students the benefit of the doubt when they exhibit "borderline" test performance. 
C) Mr.Urquhart overrates Cathy's gymnastic skills because she is head cheerleader. 
D) Ms.Rabinowitz believes that all students can learn calculus if they study hard enough. 
A) Mr.Gregg likes Frank better than Mark because Frank is the more polite of the two students. 
B) Ms.Noonan always gives her students the benefit of the doubt when they exhibit "borderline" test performance. 
C) Mr.Urquhart overrates Cathy's gymnastic skills because she is head cheerleader. 
D) Ms.Rabinowitz believes that all students can learn calculus if they study hard enough.

Question 9

Age and grade-equivalent score are frequently used because they seem so straightforward.However, they provide no information regarding:

Accepted Answer

A) how students are doing in relation to same-aged peers. 
B) the standard performance. 
C) the typical range of performance for students in the age group or grade. 
D) a general idea of grade level abilities that can inform lesson planning 
A) how students are doing in relation to same-aged peers. 
B) the standard performance. 
C) the typical range of performance for students in the age group or grade. 
D) a general idea of grade level abilities that can inform lesson planning

Question 10

Psychologists distinguish between the content validity and predictive validity of tests.
a.Describe the nature of these two types of validity.
b.Describe a situation in which the content validity of a test would be more important than predictive validity, and why.
c.Describe a situation in which the predictive validity of a test would be more important than content validity, and why.

Accepted Answer

Responses to various parts of the questi

Question 11

Three of the following are advantages of performance assessment.Which one is not?

Accepted Answer

A) It has greater practicality than paper-pencil assessment. 
B) It is more likely than paper-pencil assessment to resemble real-world tasks. 
C) It is often more motivating than paper-pencil assessment. 
D) It is especially suitable for assessing students' ability to handle complex tasks. 
A) It has greater practicality than paper-pencil assessment. 
B) It is more likely than paper-pencil assessment to resemble real-world tasks. 
C) It is often more motivating than paper-pencil assessment. 
D) It is especially suitable for assessing students' ability to handle complex tasks.

Question 12

Standardized achievement tests are most helpful to teachers as:

Accepted Answer

A) a good overall assessment of what students have learned in a particular class or at a particular grade level. 
B) a way of monitoring students' general progress in various subject areas over time. 
C) a means of determining whether learning problems are due to learning disabilities or, instead, to serious social-emotional problems. 
D) a general indication of which students are likely to do well in college. 
A) a good overall assessment of what students have learned in a particular class or at a particular grade level. 
B) a way of monitoring students' general progress in various subject areas over time. 
C) a means of determining whether learning problems are due to learning disabilities or, instead, to serious social-emotional problems. 
D) a general indication of which students are likely to do well in college.

Question 13

Three of the following are recommendations for scoring students' paper-pencil responses in an objective, reliable, and standardized manner.Which one of the following is not necessarily a recommendation?

Accepted Answer

A) do a mid-way check to make sure that the criteria are appropriate 
B) if possible, score writing skills separately from content. 
C) score item by item. 
D) give detailed feedback. 
A) do a mid-way check to make sure that the criteria are appropriate 
B) if possible, score writing skills separately from content. 
C) score item by item. 
D) give detailed feedback.

Question 14

Multiple choice tests have a reputation for being "multiple guess"-for being picky questions that focus on trivial details.This reputation has probably developed because:

Accepted Answer

A) lower-level questions are easier to write and so are more common. 
B) it is probably not possible to write higher-level multiple choice questions. 
C) multiple choice questions involve recall rather than recognition. 
D) most teachers' instructional objectives are exclusively lower-level. 
A) lower-level questions are easier to write and so are more common. 
B) it is probably not possible to write higher-level multiple choice questions. 
C) multiple choice questions involve recall rather than recognition. 
D) most teachers' instructional objectives are exclusively lower-level.

Question 15

You receive the standardized test scores for Muhammad and learn that he has gotten a percentile rank of 75 on the geography subtest.You should conclude that Muhammad:

Accepted Answer

A) performed better than 75% of the students at all grade levels who took the test. 
B) performed better than 75% of the students at his grade level who took the test. 
C) answered 75% of the questions on the subtest correctly. 
D) responded to only 75% of the questions on the subtest. 
A) performed better than 75% of the students at all grade levels who took the test. 
B) performed better than 75% of the students at his grade level who took the test. 
C) answered 75% of the questions on the subtest correctly. 
D) responded to only 75% of the questions on the subtest.

Question 16

Three of the following are recommended strategies for accommodating students' special needs during educational assessments.Which one is not necessarily recommended?

Accepted Answer

A) modifying the level of difficulty. 
B) modifying the timing. 
C) modifying the assessment setting. 
D) modifying the presentation format. 
A) modifying the level of difficulty. 
B) modifying the timing. 
C) modifying the assessment setting. 
D) modifying the presentation format.

Question 17

Identify the high school teacher who is assigning class grades in an appropriate manner.

Accepted Answer

A) Ms.Nordstrum bases her final grades on fifteen in-class projects and test scores; although she does not grade the accuracy of students' homework assignments, she takes into account whether they have turned in their homework regularly. 
B) Ms.Lansing uses a single final exam that has high content validity for the curriculum she has covered and yields highly reliable scores. 
C) Mr.Pottier uses as much data about each student as he can get his hands on; in addition to using test scores and homework assignments, he also rates students' performance in question-answer sessions and cooperative learning groups. 
D) Mr.Robbins grades his students on three major exams, giving equal weight to each one.He has made sure that each exam has content validity for the material it is meant to cover. 
A) Ms.Nordstrum bases her final grades on fifteen in-class projects and test scores; although she does not grade the accuracy of students' homework assignments, she takes into account whether they have turned in their homework regularly. 
B) Ms.Lansing uses a single final exam that has high content validity for the curriculum she has covered and yields highly reliable scores. 
C) Mr.Pottier uses as much data about each student as he can get his hands on; in addition to using test scores and homework assignments, he also rates students' performance in question-answer sessions and cooperative learning groups. 
D) Mr.Robbins grades his students on three major exams, giving equal weight to each one.He has made sure that each exam has content validity for the material it is meant to cover.

Question 18

For which one of the following topics would testing with matching items be most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A) meanings of vocabulary words (in a foreign language class) 
B) causes of the French and Indian War (in a history class) 
C) rules for playing softball (in a physical education class) 
D) strategies for solving algebraic equations (in a math class) 
A) meanings of vocabulary words (in a foreign language class) 
B) causes of the French and Indian War (in a history class) 
C) rules for playing softball (in a physical education class) 
D) strategies for solving algebraic equations (in a math class)

Question 19

Three of the following teachers are utilizing good strategies for relaying standardized test results.Which one is not necessarily using a good strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Ms.Goodleaf provides parents with age equivalents 
B) Mr.Robinson provides very detailed reports of all subtest scores 
C) Ms.Young asks the school psychologist to give her a quick debriefing before parents arrive for the meeting. 
D) Mr.Brock de-emphasizes the scores to talk about student strengths. 
A) Ms.Goodleaf provides parents with age equivalents 
B) Mr.Robinson provides very detailed reports of all subtest scores 
C) Ms.Young asks the school psychologist to give her a quick debriefing before parents arrive for the meeting. 
D) Mr.Brock de-emphasizes the scores to talk about student strengths.

Question 20

Why is it important to have Canadian adaptations of standardized cognitive tests such as the WISC-IV and the WIAT-II?

Accepted Answer

A) because comparisons between Canadian and American students will be possible. 
B) because Canadian norms are likely to affect how Canadian students perform. 
C) because we need information on how Canadian students are performing. 
D) because Canadian testing companies are struggling financially 
A) because comparisons between Canadian and American students will be possible. 
B) because Canadian norms are likely to affect how Canadian students perform. 
C) because we need information on how Canadian students are performing. 
D) because Canadian testing companies are struggling financially

The extent to which different parts of an assessment are measuring the same thing is called:

Classroom assessments not only measure students' learning, they also affect students' learning.Describe three different ways in which they might do so.

The standard deviation indicates the __________of a set of scores.

Which one of the following test items is most likely to have cultural bias?

Which one of the following paper-pencil assessments is most likely to have a reliability problem when the teacher scores students' responses?

Which one of the following teachers provides the best example of the halo effect?

Age and grade-equivalent score are frequently used because they seem so straightforward.However, they provide no information regarding:

Three of the following are advantages of performance assessment.Which one is not?

Standardized achievement tests are most helpful to teachers as:

Three of the following are recommendations for scoring students' paper-pencil responses in an objective, reliable, and standardized manner.Which one of the following is not necessarily a recommendation?

Multiple choice tests have a reputation for being "multiple guess"-for being picky questions that focus on trivial details.This reputation has probably developed because:

You receive the standardized test scores for Muhammad and learn that he has gotten a percentile rank of 75 on the geography subtest.You should conclude that Muhammad:

Three of the following are recommended strategies for accommodating students' special needs during educational assessments.Which one is not necessarily recommended?

Identify the high school teacher who is assigning class grades in an appropriate manner.

For which one of the following topics would testing with matching items be most appropriate?

Three of the following teachers are utilizing good strategies for relaying standardized test results.Which one is not necessarily using a good strategy?

Why is it important to have Canadian adaptations of standardized cognitive tests such as the WISC-IV and the WIAT-II?

Educational Psychology and Teacher Decision Making

Cognitive and Linguistic Development

Personal, Social, and Moral Development

Individual and Group Differences

Learning and Behaviour Processes

Learning and Cognitive Processes

Knowledge Construction

Social Cognitive Views of Learning

Motivation, Affect, and Cognition

Instructional Strategies

Creating and Maintaining a Productive Classroom Environment

Describing Relationships with Correlation Coefficients

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Exam 12: Instructional Assessment

The extent to which different parts of an assessment are measuring the same thing is called:

Classroom assessments not only measure students' learning, they also affect students' learning.Describe three different ways in which they might do so.

The standard deviation indicates the __________of a set of scores.

Which one of the following test items is most likely to have cultural bias?

Which one of the following paper-pencil assessments is most likely to have a reliability problem when the teacher scores students' responses?

Which one of the following teachers provides the best example of the halo effect?

Age and grade-equivalent score are frequently used because they seem so straightforward.However, they provide no information regarding:

Three of the following are advantages of performance assessment.Which one is not?

Standardized achievement tests are most helpful to teachers as:

Three of the following are recommendations for scoring students' paper-pencil responses in an objective, reliable, and standardized manner.Which one of the following is not necessarily a recommendation?

Multiple choice tests have a reputation for being "multiple guess"-for being picky questions that focus on trivial details.This reputation has probably developed because:

You receive the standardized test scores for Muhammad and learn that he has gotten a percentile rank of 75 on the geography subtest.You should conclude that Muhammad:

Three of the following are recommended strategies for accommodating students' special needs during educational assessments.Which one is not necessarily recommended?

Identify the high school teacher who is assigning class grades in an appropriate manner.

For which one of the following topics would testing with matching items be most appropriate?

Three of the following teachers are utilizing good strategies for relaying standardized test results.Which one is not necessarily using a good strategy?

Why is it important to have Canadian adaptations of standardized cognitive tests such as the WISC-IV and the WIAT-II?

Educational Psychology and Teacher Decision Making

Cognitive and Linguistic Development

Personal, Social, and Moral Development

Individual and Group Differences

Learning and Behaviour Processes

Learning and Cognitive Processes

Knowledge Construction

Social Cognitive Views of Learning

Motivation, Affect, and Cognition

Instructional Strategies

Creating and Maintaining a Productive Classroom Environment

Describing Relationships with Correlation Coefficients

Filters