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Professional Teaching
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Practice Questions
ABCTE Practice Tests & Exam Review for the
American Board for Certification of
Teacher Excellence Exam
,
, Table of Contents
Practice Test #1........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Answers and Explanations............................................................................................................................................ 22
Practice Test #2...................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
Answers and Explanations............................................................................................................................................ 50
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, Practice Test #1
Practice Questions
1. A norm-referenced assessment would most likely be used to:
a. determine whether or not a group of students is meeting state-mandated standards
b. determine whether or not an individual student is meeting state-mandated standards
c. identify candidates for a gifted education program
d. diagnose a student with an emotional disability
2. Which of the following types of assessments would most likely be used to measure student
progress at the midpoint of an instructional unit and identify areas for reteaching?
a. Formative assessment
b. Norm-referenced assessment
c. Portfolio assessment
d. Summative assessment
3. Which of the following is an example of a performance assessment?
a. Students in an art class are assigned a project in which they select a famous painting and
create a Cubist version of that painting
b. Students in a science class are graded on their ability to successfully replicate an experiment
c. Students in a Spanish class are required to memorize and deliver a Spanish-language
monologue to their class
d. All of the above
4. A teacher is most likely to use a rubric when:
a. students in the class are at various academic levels
b. he or she is grading a performance assessment that has multiple components
c. he or she is teaching students with limited English skills
d. he or she is assessing students in order to place them into differentiated reading groups
5. Which of the following is an example of effective use of student self-assessment?
a. Mr. Banks allows his students to grade their own math tests and report the scores to him
b. Ms. Franco asks her class to trade and grade their social studies tests
c. Mr. Cameron asks students to complete self-assessment rubrics for their essays, and then
holds writing conferences with his students to discuss their essays
d. Ms. Jackson allows her students to resubmit homework assignments on which they
performed poorly
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ProductID: ABCTEProTKPQ
Professional Teaching
Knowledge
Practice Questions
ABCTE Practice Tests & Exam Review for the
American Board for Certification of
Teacher Excellence Exam
,
, Table of Contents
Practice Test #1........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Practice Questions .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Answers and Explanations............................................................................................................................................ 22
Practice Test #2...................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Practice Questions ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
Answers and Explanations............................................................................................................................................ 50
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, Practice Test #1
Practice Questions
1. A norm-referenced assessment would most likely be used to:
a. determine whether or not a group of students is meeting state-mandated standards
b. determine whether or not an individual student is meeting state-mandated standards
c. identify candidates for a gifted education program
d. diagnose a student with an emotional disability
2. Which of the following types of assessments would most likely be used to measure student
progress at the midpoint of an instructional unit and identify areas for reteaching?
a. Formative assessment
b. Norm-referenced assessment
c. Portfolio assessment
d. Summative assessment
3. Which of the following is an example of a performance assessment?
a. Students in an art class are assigned a project in which they select a famous painting and
create a Cubist version of that painting
b. Students in a science class are graded on their ability to successfully replicate an experiment
c. Students in a Spanish class are required to memorize and deliver a Spanish-language
monologue to their class
d. All of the above
4. A teacher is most likely to use a rubric when:
a. students in the class are at various academic levels
b. he or she is grading a performance assessment that has multiple components
c. he or she is teaching students with limited English skills
d. he or she is assessing students in order to place them into differentiated reading groups
5. Which of the following is an example of effective use of student self-assessment?
a. Mr. Banks allows his students to grade their own math tests and report the scores to him
b. Ms. Franco asks her class to trade and grade their social studies tests
c. Mr. Cameron asks students to complete self-assessment rubrics for their essays, and then
holds writing conferences with his students to discuss their essays
d. Ms. Jackson allows her students to resubmit homework assignments on which they
performed poorly
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