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destined to replace norm- and criterion-referenced testing in the schools.
a currently popular idea that awaits further debate and development.
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about to be implemented on a national basis.
an idea that once was considered innovative but is no longer in vogue.
Which of the following best describes the current status of performance-based
assessment? It is:
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Because national tests are performance standards-based
All of the above.
Because nationally standardized tests are better because the federal government
developed them.
Because some states were pressured to develop a test in advance of developing
standards.
Why would some states use a nationally standardized test that might not be as well
aligned with state standards?
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HST is the use of a summative standardized test for educational decision making.HST
began as a state level initiative.
With the enactment of NCLB, HST became a requirement under federal law.
All of the above.
According to the text, which statement about high-stakes testing (HST) is true?
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Question 3
Which of the following is NOT a factor that can affect a test’s usefulness?
Diversity considerations
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Education reform
Technical adequacy
Test user competency
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Measure high-level thinkingOf
uniform difficulty level
Several items per objective
Tied to broad objectives
Which of the following best describes norm-referenced items?
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Non-verbal
Power
Speed
Subjective
This type of test does NOT expect all students to complete all items:
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Ambiguous test questions could result.To
avoid interpretive errors.
To combine objective and subjective information.
You would not be accountable otherwise.
Why is it important to specify what we want to measure before we begin to test?
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Balancing the proportions of learning outcomes and learning activities.
Determining that items are simple and direct measures of objectives.
Ensuring the test has content validity.
Helping the teacher develop a test that reflects instructional emphases.
Which of the following is one of the functions of a test blueprint?
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formulated by the teacher alone.
largely uniform throughout the nation. reviewed
and revised by concerned laymen.
stated in terms of specific, observable behaviors.
Educational objectives should guide classroom activities and evaluation. To
accomplish this effectively, the objectives should be:
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In a criterion-referenced test, we are interested in:
how a pupil compares with national norms.
how a pupil compares with others in his school system.how a
pupil compares with others in his class.
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whether a pupil has achieved mastery of the skill.
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the amount of construction time required.
the difficulty of analyzing the subparts of the correct response.the
extent to which they are subject to guessing.
the lack of objectivity in the construction of the test.
One prominient limitation of essay tests is:
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essay
completion
matching
true-false
To test a student’s ability to use higher mental processes of logical reasoning, and
critical thinking, a(n) test should be used?
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Question 18
In an extended essay, your detailed scoring criteria should at least assign weights to
organization, process and:
congruence.
correspondence.
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content.
criticism.
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yield authentic rather than inauthentic results.
measure learning directly rather than relying on indicators.
require less time to develop and evaluate.
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are superior for measuring knowledge of basic academic skills.
One of the major advantages of performance assessment over traditional tests is that
performance assessments
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Which of the following best describes a portfolio?
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It emerges from a process of continual refinement over a period of time.
It includes all the student’s work for the semester.
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Which of the following best reflects a performance assessment?
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Developing a class presentation utilizing more than one medium that demonstrates the
steps followed in completing the presentation.
Performing well enough on the GRE to obtain a combined verbal and quantitative score of
at least 1000.
Submitting your notebook to your teacher who will grade it based on whether there are
notes for each class meeting.
Writing an essay on the “Republican Revolution” in the 1994 elections, citing the primary
social, economic, and political forces that led to this event.
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negatively reinforcing undesirable behavior.
clarifying objectives of the educational program.
enhancing and maintaining pupil motivations.
indicating pupil’s strengths and weaknesses.
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Marking and reporting systems should benefit the pupil in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
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Use the following set of data from a criterion-referenced test; which item is probably
too difficult?
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types of test-items to use.
Another name for a histogram is:
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bar graph.
frequency polygon.
smooth curve.
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negatively skewed.
normal.
positively skewed.
rectangular.
The distribution below is :
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a combination of measures of attitude and achievement.a
combination of measure of growth and attitude.
a measure of the level of achievement.
indicating similar achievement levels across schools.
Each mark in a course should be assigned and interpreted as:
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A z-score of - 1.
A raw score of 67
A T-score of 35
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A percentile rank of 20
Assume that a set of 90 normally distributed test scores has a mean of 70 and a standard
deviation of 10. Which of the following represents the highest degree of
relative performance?
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An individual reported a correlation of 1.25 between form A and form B of an
intelligence test. From this coefficient one would conclude that:
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a mistake has been made; correlations can’t be greater than 1.
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the item refers to the mean.
the item refers to the median.the
item refers to the mode.
the item refers to the range.
the item refers to the standard deviation.
Eliminating scores near the middle of a distribution cannot affect this statistic:
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Mean, media and mode
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Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the highest degree of linear
relationship?
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Which type of validity coefficient is most important for personality tests?
Concurrent validity
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concurrent
construct
content
predictive
Which type of validity coefficient is most appropriately used for selection purposes?
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Question 38
the test includes no measurement error.the
test is unusually reliable.
the test would be a good predictor of school achievement.
Which of the following types of test results may be given to parents without
interpretation?
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is likely to be “successful” if the aptitude is present and is likely to be unsuccessful if not.
has developed cognitive skills prerequisite to learn a task.has
high “scholastic ability” to be successful in school.
has the innate capability to learn and to be successful in school.
The term “aptitude” means that the individual:
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eliminate the errors of measurement.
emphasize the similarities among pupils.
prevent attaching significance to chance differences.reduce
the real differences among pupils.
The purpose for interpreting a test score as a band of scores, rather than a specific
value, is to:
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error in measurement.
normal growth processes.
special education opportunities.
the effect of emotional factors.
The Wechsler Full Scale IQ is an example of:
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A percentile rank of 75 A
stanine score of 5
A T-score of 72
A z-score of 1.
Which of the following represents the highest degree of relative performance?
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Broad generalizations can be made from teacher-made tests.
Teacher-made tests are less dependent on verbal skills.
Teacher-made tests are more objective and easier to score.
Teacher-made tests can better match course objectives.
Which one of the following is a major advantage that teacher-made tests have over
standardized achievement tests?
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Question 46
Inventoried interests
Norms on an achievement test
Personality measures
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None of the above
