Exam 13: How to Evaluate a Test

To evaluate tests, reviewers were advised to use the

Test users must determine if a test will result in __________ and __________ inferences about the specific students who will be assessed.

The American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education produced a set of test review guidelines called __________.

If you discover that a specific test has adequate technical properties, what else should you be concerned about?  Explain your reasoning.

Test evaluators must be careful to assess the __________ of the evidence presented.

As a rule, tests that were published _____ or more years ago should not be used unless absolutely necessary.

If the purpose of a test is to compare students' progress in comparison to other students, ​

When reviewing the representativeness of norms, which areas are important to consider?

Test reviewers should do all of the following except

Norms should include students from across the United States as well as students from urban, __________, and __________ communities.

The topics one should review in evaluating tests include:

Test content can be confirmed by

Your book authors recommend that there should be less than a_____ discrepancy between a majority group's proportion in the norm sample as compared to its proportion in the general population

Test reviewers often find that evidence of a test's __________ is often incomplete.

A student's score is usually compared to the scores of same __________, same __________, and/or same __________.

Describe two of four reasons why scores from a normative sample may be dropped.

Item reliability and __________ must be presented.

Better norm groups are selected on the basis of

It is more costly and time-consuming to collect

Most importantly, test reviewers should