EDCI EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT CH4 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

EDCI EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT CH4 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. The main purpose of testing in education is to
Answer:
provide objective achievement data.

Question:
2. Faye, a third-grade teacher, decides to complete her lesson on "Math Facts-Addition" and move on to
"Math Facts-Subtraction." This is an example of _______________decision.
Answer:
instructional

Question:
3. Robert, a ninth-grader, has just been told, "The reason you're having so much trouble with division is
that you have never mastered compound multiplication. The Math Basic Skills Tests have indicated this
quite clearly. We are going to provide you with instruction in multiplication immediately." Robert's
teacher made what kind of decision relative to his skill level?
Answer:
Diagnostic

Question:
4. _________________decisions are usually made based on standardized test data.
Answer:
Selection

Question:
5. Teachers are most frequently involved in what kind of decision?
Answer:
Instructional

Question:
6. Why is it important to specify what we want to measure before we begin to test?
Answer:
To avoid interpretive errors.

Question:
7. How we measure in the classroom should be determined by
Answer:
what it is that we want to measure.

Question:
8. This type of test does NOT expect all students to complete all items.