Exam 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing

Which one of the following student outcomes is MOST likely to be the result of a criterion-referenced assessment tool?

Standardized ability and aptitude tests are less fair as predictors of school success than are teachers' grades.

A school administrator wants to identify the top 10 percent of the senior students in order to recommend them for scholarship competition at the highest rated university in the state.What testing purpose would serve the administrator's purpose?

The fundamental purpose of educational assessment is to

One of the most efficient and effective ways to increase the reliability of a test is to

Compare and contrast criterion-referenced,norm-referenced,and percentage grading.

Current interests in evaluating meaningful products of learning have led some states to develop alternative or ________ assessments to replace paper-and-pencil tests.

What is the major issue underlying high-stakes testing?

Fred made 103 and Frank made 96 on an achievement test with a confidence interval of 4.These results indicate that

A test or rating scale is objective to the extent that it

A standard deviation is a measure of

A fifth grade teacher gives a(n)________ to Tasha to measure how much Tasha has learned in social studies.

Use this information for the following question.The following descriptive statistics are given for an educational psychology examination administered to 323 students (N).There were 60 multiple-choice items (k)on this test.The items in this set are classified as Use of Knowledge (U)items. Descriptive Statistics -There are 5.30 standard deviation units in this distribution of scores.

An angry parent corners Mr.Watson,the assistant principal of Cummings Elementary School,in the hallway."Look at Jennifer's State Achievement scores," the mother said."I had asked at the beginning of the year that Jennifer should skip seventh grade and be put into the eighth grade.These scores tell me that I was right." Mr.Watson examines the scores and sees the following: Jennifer Smith 7th Grade: November 13,1997 -Define and identify uses of T-scores and grade-equivalent (G-E)scores.What are their advantages and limitations?

Kathy took the Stanford Achievement Test on Monday and again on Friday.Her two scores differed by only three points.These results may indicate a good level of what type of reliability?

A fifth grade teacher gives an ________ to Tasha to measure how much Tasha has learned in social studies.

Criterion-referenced grading is more appropriate than norm-referenced grading for authentic assessments.

What type of validity is currently thought to include all other types of validity?

The type of standard score that represents the broadest range of raw scores is the ________ score.

Martin scored in the top 15 percent of his remedial reading class.If the norming group had included the regular and advanced students in his school,Martin's percentile rank would have been