Deck 5: An Introduction to Norm-Referenced Assessment

Question 1

What directions are provided for establishing the basal level?

Answer 1

Basal is the highest consecutive correct responses

Question 2

According to the responses shown, what items are included in the student's ceiling level?

Answer 2

Answers may include:
-The name of the subtest test.
-How many practice exercises students are given.
-What the basal and ceiling levels are.
-What item number to start this subtest.
-How the student scored on items #43-60; presumably where the student should have started and ended, since they hit the basal and ceiling in these items.
-Raw score.

Question 3

Which protocol had more than one basal?

Answer 3

Protocol 1

Question 4

How many trials are allowed for the training exercises on this subtest?

Question 5

When assessment determines promotion to the next grade in secondary school, the assessment is called ___.

Question 6

According to the information provided in Table 5.2, what was the average number of correct responses for students in the third month of grade 3?

Question 7

What were the basal items on protocol 1?

Question 8

Juan is receiving special education support in the general classroom setting. Although he reads the same textbooks as other students, he must use a word processor to complete his writing assignments. His IEP team has determined that he will require __ for his standardized statewide assessment.

Question 9

According to the responses shown, what items are included in the student's basal level?

Question 10

What were the ceiling items on protocol 1?

Question 11

What was the average number of correct items of the sample group of students who were 6 years of age?

Question 12

According to Table 5.1, what was the average number of correct items of the sample group of students who were 16 years of age?

Question 13

According to the information provided in Table 5.3, what was the average number of correct responses for students of the chronological age 11-2?

Question 14

In Table 5.1, what was the average score of the sample group of students in grade 7?

Question 15

Write the meaning of the following expressions:
4.1 means

Question 16

Allowing students to complete assessment in a small group in a separate room is considered a type of ____.

Question 17

What were the ceiling items on protocol 2?

Question 18

Were students in the sample tested during the third month of the third grade? By what means was the average for each month of the school year determined?

Question 19

What might account for students who were in first grade having an average number of 14 correct responses while students in grade 6 had an average of 65 correct responses?

Question 20

What were the basal items on protocol 2?

Question 21

A teacher discovers that although only second, third, and fifth graders were included in the norm sample of a test, scores were presented for fourth grade. The fourth-grade scores were ____.

Question 22

A student score that is reported to be exactly average with a score of 5 is reporting using ____ scores.

Question 23

Domain scores

Question 24

When a teacher scores a classroom test including 10 items and determines that a student correctly answered 7, the number 7 represents a____.

Question 25

Raw score

Question 26

This represents the level of items that the student would most probably answer correctly, although they may not all be administered to the student.

Question 27

Information regarding how a test was developed is usually contained in the ____.

Question 28

Both individual and group assessments may be ____ that compare students with age or grade expectations.

Question 29

Lupitina has been receiving her education in a self-contained special education environment since she entered school. Her development is five years below the level of her peers. The IEP team must determine if Lupitina should have accommodations for her assessment or if she will require ___.

Question 30

A student's actual skill level is not represented by the ____.

Question 31

When a test is being developed, the test developer attempts to have this represent the population for whom the test is designed.

Question 32

A student's standard score that compares the student with age peers is found by using the student's raw score and the student's ____ and the norm tables.

Question 33

Students with disabilities who have IEPs and students who are served under Section 504 may need ____ for statewide assessments.

Question 34

The IEP team must include statements that address ___.

Question 35

Gregory is a student with a specific reading disability. In his general education classroom, Gregory's teacher and the classroom aide must read all directions to him and often must read questions and multisyllabic words to him. On his IEP, the team has included a statement of accommodation of ____.

Question 36

Lorenzo, who participates in the general curriculum, requires Braille for all reading material. He will require changes in ____.

Question 37

Chronological age of examinee

Question 38

Lorenzo also requires the use of a stylus for writing or answers questions orally. He will also require changes in ____.

Question 39

When Samira is in the general classroom setting, she often is distracted and requires additional time to complete her assignments. On her Section 504 plan, the team members should include accommodations of ____.

Question 40

This step is completed using the developmental version to determine what changes are needed prior to the completion of the published test.

Question 41

Both ____ and ____require that students be instructed using research-based interventions.

Question 42

This curriculum-based measure assesses the student's performance to see if it is aligned with the goal or aim line.

Question 43

This method of measuring error on a test uses the standard deviation in the computation.

Question 44

Ceilings are thought to represent the level at which more difficult questions would not be passed.

Question 45

The Stanford-Binet V categorizes scores within the 120-129 range as ____.

Question 46

The blending of isolated sounds into a whole word is known as ____.

Question 47

This behavior rating scale includes a classroom observation instrument.

Question 48

This type of validity looks at difficult-to-measure concepts.

Question 49

A developmental score that, when interpreted, may not be educationally useful.

Question 50

These measures are often used when assessing very young children.

Question 51

Ceiling item

Question 52

Basal item

Question 53

When calculating the raw score, all items that appear before the established basal are not counted because they were not administered.

Question 54

This measurement of error is usually used to calculate confidence intervals.

Question 55

This type of curriculum-based instrument does not have diagnostic capability unless an error analysis of the student's work is completed.

Question 56

For each student served in special education, a(n) ____must be in place to plan the instruction.

Question 57

The indicator of common variance of two variables.

Question 58

6.4 is an example of an age equivalency.

Question 59

A norm-referenced assessment allows teachers to compare the performance of one student with the average performance of other students who are of the same age or grade.

Question 60

This measure indicates how much error may be on a test based on a score's distance from the mean.

Question 61

Which score must be obtained in order to determine derived scores?

A) Standard score
B) Raw score
C) Percentile rank
D) Chronological age

Question 62

Which of the following defines the level at which the student could correctly answer all easier items.

A) Raw score
B) Basal
C) Ceiling
D) Percentile rank

Question 63

During which of the following phases should the examiner take special care to follow test instructions?

A) Test administration
B) Scoring
C) Interpretation
D) All of the above

Question 64

An examiner should tell a student if they are getting the answers correct after each test item is administered.

Question 65

Sandy recently took a test and the chronological age was calculated to be 10 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Which of the following represents the correct rounded chronological age?

A) 10-10
B) 10-11
C) 10.10
D) 10.11

Question 66

Which of the following is the name given to the form used during the test administration and for scoring?

A) Protocol
B) Interpolation
C) Item response
D) Scoring sheet

Question 67

This score expresses a student's standing in standard deviation units.

A) Standard score
B) Raw score
C) T score
D) z score

Question 68

Which of the following is known as the experimental version of a new test?

A) Item pool
B) Response mode
C) Developmental test
D) Norm-referenced test

Question 69

Accommodations provided during high-stakes testing may not interfere with the content of the assessment.

Question 70

The norm group should be representative of which of the following students?

A) Those who will take the test later
B) Those who lack diversity
C) Those who perform around the same academic level
D) Those who speak English

Question 71

If an examinee asks the examiner if he or she answered an item correctly on a standardized test, the examiner should do which of the following?

A) Confirm if the answer was correct or incorrect
B) Do not respond to the student's inquiry
C) Reinforce the student's effort and ask the next question
D) Confirm responses at the end of each section

Question 72

Accommodations may be used to account for a student's language differences.

Question 73

Which of the following expresses the difficulty with using percentile ranks to interpret test results?

A) They are based on a ratio scale.
B) Percentiles are based on an interval scale.
C) Their meaning is not easily understood.
D) Percentile ranks do not represent equal intervals.

Question 74

Which if the following is likely to be an explanation as to why a student might fail to obtain a basal level on a test?

A) The test is too easy
B) The test is too difficult
C) The test was not normed properly
D) The test is assessing the wrong constructs

Question 75

In order to estimate expected scores for the norm sample, existing data may be divided into smaller units for establishing tables of developmental scores through a process called which of the following?

A) Extrapolation
B) Interpolation
C) Standard scores
D) Stanine

Question 76

The number of items a student scores correctly on a test is referred to as which of the following?

A) Standard score
B) Derived score
C) z score
D) Raw score

Question 77

For which of the following have norm-referenced assessments been developed?

A) To compare a student to a national sample of other students the same age or in the same grade
B) To compare students within a class
C) To determine a student's performance in the curriculum
D) To compare individual academic domains

Question 78

Factors such as socioeconomic status, race, culture, linguistic background, emotional state and existing disabilities are variables that do not impact student performance on a norm-referenced assessment because these variables have been filtered out during the norming process.

Question 79

If you administer a test it is best to always administer every subtest in that test.
Multiple Choice

Question 80

Teachers should ensure that tests are logical and serve the purpose for which they are intended and recognize that no test has the capability of answering all achievement questions.