Exam 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing

What is a common criticism of traditional testing?

In his creative writing unit,Mr.Hembre wants to use portfolios to collect student writings.Which of the following steps should he include in the process of creating these portfolios?

Mrs.Stevens has been teaching for eleven years.She has administered standardized tests every year and studied her students' scores.Over the years she has become quite frustrated with the whole process.If she is like many other teachers who have voiced objections,what are most likely her objections?

Which of the following teachers uses norm-referenced grading?

Ms.Munn is preparing for her second year of teaching in fourth grade.Last year,she was disappointed that many of her students performed poorly on language arts assessments of skills such as summarizing,making inferences,and identifying the main idea in a passage.This year,she wants her students to do better.She wants to be able to recognize students' struggles before she gives end-of-unit assessments.Explain how you think she should approach the problem.In your answer,include the following: Identify the kinds of assessments she should use and when she should use them. Describe the types of information she should gain from these assessments. Explain how she should use the information from these assessments to meet her goal.

You and the other fifth grade teachers at your school are preparing your students for state standardized tests.What advice should you and your colleagues follow?