Exam 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing

In her seventh grade pre-algebra class,Ms.Cornelius gave a standardized exam prepared by the district math department.Students' scores on the exam were as follows: 100,98,98,96,96,96,94,92,88,82. What is the mean score?

How will value-added measures most likely help solve any problems associated with high-stakes testing?

Several of the students in Mr.Enzor's class are comparing their scores on their state standardized test.They are not sure they understand how to interpret their score sheets.Which student appears to understand stanine scores and ranks the highest in terms of stanine scores?

Mrs.Ramirez is giving a test to identify the top students in her physics class.The top three or four students will be invited to participate in an event related to their unit of study at a local university.What type of grading should she use to meet this goal?

Ms.Carpenter created a test to measure students' skill in identifying subjects and verbs in sentences.All test items directly related to unit objectives - identification of subjects and verbs in simple and compound sentences.Based on this information,Ms.Carpenter's test may be said to have

Mr.O'Dell wants to assess mastery of knowledge after teaching several lessons on the skeletal system.What assessment method aligns best with his goal?

Mr.Walker teaches ninth grade speech.He uses traditional testing to assess students' knowledge about various types of speeches and their purposes,but wants to use authentic assessment to evaluate students' performance when they make presentations.The upcoming speech assignment involves presenting a four-minute informative speech in which students cite three reputable sources to support their content.The speech needs to inform the audience about something in the environment that poses a risk to them and their friends and families.Describe in detail an appropriate process for creating a rubric for grading these speeches.

Traditional testing can be used effectively and efficiently to assess which of the following?

The sixth grade teachers in your school are reviewing their students' scores from high-stakes district tests.The scores arrived this week,and school dismisses for the summer in five weeks.Describe how these teachers might use the test scores to help their current and future students.

Which one of the following examples illustrates appropriate use of high-stakes testing?

Ms.Fonteneau is concerned about her French students' motivation to learn.She creates authentic activities such as assigning tasks related to travel in French-speaking countries.She wants every student to succeed and achieve high grades.Which of the following is the most appropriate action for her to take to meet her goal?

The following teachers are using various types of assessments.Which one is most likely used for formative purposes?

Which of the following assessments is most likely to be viewed as an objective test of students' skills and knowledge?

Ms.Casella has scheduled three days for students' persuasive speeches in her high school class.Which of the following practices is most likely to improve reliability in evaluating her students' oral presentations?

Which of the following statements illustrates measurement (as defined in assessment terminology)?

Which of the following is most likely to be identified as an authentic assessment?

Mrs.Carmike gives students three options for their projects at the end of a geography unit.These projects will assess students' knowledge and skills on the basis of the objectives she presented at the beginning of each lesson in the unit.Which of the following is Mrs.Carmike most likely to do in developing a rubric for grading the projects?

Identify the question that contains assessment bias.

Mr.Tolosa uses a variety of types of assessments in his fifth grade class.As a teaching goal,he wants assessments to support

Mr.Maxwell prepared two unit tests in algebra.Valinda's group averaged 95% on test A and 96 on test B.What does this confirm about the tests?