Deck 15: Classroom Assessment, Grading, and Standardized Testing

Question 1

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?

A)Rate the presentations on a 100-point scale to allow a wide range of scores.
B)Focus raters' attention on a few dimensions of the presentation.
C)Increase variability of scoring by incorporating many criteria for the presentations.
D)Invite colleagues to rate the presentations and use a different rater each day.

Answer 1

Focus raters' attention on a few dimensions of the presentation.

Question 2

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

A)construct-related evidence of validity.
B)test-retest reliability.
C)content-related evidence of validity.
D)confidence interval.

Answer 2

content-related evidence of validity.

Question 3

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?

A)Adjust the instructions for administering the test to meet your students' needs.
B)Make sure students know how to use all test materials.
C)Adjust time limits to provide sufficient time for students to complete each section of the test.
D)Warn students of the significance of the test and the importance of achieving high scores.

Answer 3

Make sure students know how to use all test materials.

Question 4

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?

A)absence of bias
B)split-half reliability
C)validity
D)alternate-form reliability

Question 5

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

A)Mrs.Adams's students are answering essay questions about the key factors that contributed to the Great Recession.
B)Ms.Dumas's students are working in groups to write objective test questions over their science unit about environmental dangers to desert wildlife.
C)Mr.Kuhar's students are developing solutions to the problem of industrial toxins being dumped into their community's drinking water source.
D)Mr.Britt's students are solving problems that require operations with integers,fractions,and irrational numbers.

Question 6

Identify the question that contains assessment bias.

A)Which President was in office at the outbreak of the Civil War?
B)Which of the following Civil War leaders surrendered at Appomattox?
C)Which of the following men led the Confederate army at the Battle of Appomattox?
D)Which of the following men is the greatest hero of the Civil War?

Question 7

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

A)Facts and concepts
B)Problem-based learning
C)Exhibits
D)Presentations

Question 8

Which of the following teachers uses norm-referenced grading?

A)Mrs.Sage uses a rubric to grade her students' final projects.
B)Ms.Rodman uses straight percentage grades in her calculus class.
C)Mr.O'Neal grades his chemistry exams on the curve.
D)Ms.Corrino grades students' history projects on the basis of criteria specified in her checklist.

Question 9

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

A)Many of Mr.Delano's students are failing his class.
B)Lynette found the solutions to most of the problems.
C)Connor answered 14 out of 15 questions correctly.
D)Gorge achieved one of the highest grades in his algebra class.

Question 10

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?

A)criterion-referenced grading
B)norm-referenced grading
C)scoring rubric
D)scoring based on oral communication

Question 11

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?

A)90
B)92
C)94
D)96

Question 12

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?

A)Multiple-choice test
B)Individual journals
C)Portfolio
D)Presentation performance

Question 13

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?

A)Provide critical feedback to help students learn.
B)Avoid failing grades by adding points to student scores.
C)Help students master basic French vocabulary and avoid challenges such as grammar.
D)Use ungraded,formative tasks and base grades on effort.

Question 14

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

A)Mr.McLaren's groups are creating skits to show what they learned in their advertising unit.
B)Ms.Allen is giving a pretest before she begins instruction on a new unit in geometry.
C)Mrs.Godcheaux uses students' portfolios to determine their final grades in her design class.
D)Mr.DeVall gives students a rubric that will be used in grading their oral presentations in his speech class.

Question 15

What is a common criticism of traditional testing?

A)Traditional tests do not test knowledge as it is applied in real-world situations.
B)Traditional tests cannot be designed to measure students' knowledge.
C)Traditional tests usually lack validity and/or reliability.
D)Traditional tests typically provide subjective measures of knowledge.

Question 16

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?

A)Incorporate only perfected written works that are free of teacher feedback.
B)Involve students in selecting the writing pieces to include in their portfolios.
C)Include the pieces that contain the most mistakes and require the greatest amount of student revision.
D)Include the reports students wrote earlier in the semester about how to research a topic.

Question 17

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?

A)Provide a category for grading each student's project on the basis of a peer teacher's judgment.
B)Award top points to the project having the greatest visual appeal.
C)Provide a category for students' assessment of each project on the basis of the project's appeal to students' interests.
D)Include a criterion for judging the accuracy of information presented by each student.

Question 18

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

A)Mrs.Dasan used high-stakes testing to make the decision to retain Donivan in kindergarten.
B)Mr.Chu used high-stakes testing to evaluate the effectiveness of teachers in his district.
C)Ms.Davis used high-stakes testing as the basis for recommending remedial work for students who failed in specified subjects.
D)Mr.Jackson used high-stakes testing to compare his seniors to seniors in high schools in six other states.

Question 19

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

A)parent/guardian expectations.
B)motivation to learn.
C)norm-referenced grading.
D)motivation to make good grades.

Question 20

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

A)Essay test
B)Criterion-based performance
C)Multiple-choice test
D)Portfolio assessment

Question 21

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.

Question 22

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?

A)Mohe says his stanine score is 92.
B)Alyssa says her stanine score is 114.
C)Darby says her stanine score is 9.
D)Duke says his stanine score is 1.

Question 23

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

A)Add points to scores of students identified as underprivileged or disadvantaged.
B)Assess the actual growth a student achieved compared to their expected level of growth.
C)Allow students scoring in the 25^th percentile and lower to add points to their scores by taking additional versions of the test.
D)Provide individualized testing opportunities for English learners to add points to their scores.

Question 24

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.

Question 25

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?

Question 26

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.