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Which of the following is an essential component of a
formative assessment? A) Monitoring and adjusting a teaching
strategy during the learning process based on individual
student progress
B) the production of behavioral and academic progress
reports that incorporate parental or caregiver insights
C) identifying and summarizing an individual student's
strengths and needs at the end of a unit or semester
D) the development of a timeline designating tasks that will
be accomplished by a particular student in a given period of
time - ANSWER-A
10. A third-grade teacher develops an assessment for a
particular unit prior to
writing up the daily lesson plans for the unit. The most
important advantage of
this approach is that it helps the
teacher:
A) align daily lessons and activities with the targeted
learning outcomes.
,B) develop an assessment to match state
standards.
C) ensure that the assessment will be accessible for
all students.
D) improve presentation skills for delivering
instruction. - ANSWER-A
Which of the following assessment practices would be
considered ethical?
A) obtaining actual test items to use as examples when
preparing students for a standardized assessment
B) using ongoing informal assessments of students' learning
to guide the instructional process
C) determining assessment accommodations for individual
students based on their classroom performance
D) posting standardized assessment results that include
students identifying information on a class Web page -
ANSWER-B
A fourth-grade teacher uses a variety of techniques, including
questioning and journal prompts, to check for students'
understanding of content-area instruction.
Which of the following outcomes is likely to be the most
important benefit of this strategy?
A) helping the teacher identify areas where students may
need additional reinforcement
B) improving students' overall performance on
standardized assessments C) allowing the teacher to spend
less time creating and grading student assessments
,D. encouraging students to view learning as a process and
become lifelong learners - ANSWER-A
A kindergarten teacher frequently uses home-school notebooks
to communicate with families about their children's progress.
For example, the teacher and family of one student recently
used such a notebook to keep one another informed about the
student's progress in mastering specific self-help skills. This
approach is likely to be most effective in promoting which of
the following outcomes?
A) fostering in students a sense of responsibility with regard
to their own learning
B) establishing partnerships with families in the assessment
of their children learning and development
C) helping build caring and friendly relationships between
the teacher and students
D) in schooling families ability to reinforce at home what
their children are
learning -
ANSWER-B
Using spreadsheet software to maintain students' performance
data is likely to
provide a teacher with the most support in which of the
following areas?
A) identifying specific gaps in
students' learning
B) providing students with accurate and
timely feedback
, C) designing activities to address individual
learning needs
D) determining an appropriate sequence of instruction
- ANSWER-A
Which of the following statements best describes a major
role of assessment anchors in the Pennsylvania System of
School Assessment (PSSA)? A) Providing uniform rules for
the types of tests that are allowed to be administered to
students in preparing for the PSSA
B) clarifying the standards assessed on the PSSA to support
students' learning of essential skills and knowledge
C) defining the diverse range of tasks that underlie the
educational goals assessed on the PSSA at different grade
levels
D. providing a conversion tool for converting a particular
student's PSSA score into a grade-level equivalent - ANSWER-
B
A 4-grade class includes a number of students who are English
language learners. The teacher is designing formative
assessment to measure students' understanding of a specific
science concept. When developing this assessment, ne teacher
can use Pennsylvania's Language Proficiency Standards for
English language Learners PreK-12 (ELPS) most effectively to
A) identify the particular supports that individual students
are likely to require luring the assessment.